Joculator mygaki

Joculator mygaki is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cerithiopsidae.[1] The species was described by Jay and Drivas in 2002.

Joculator mygaki
Shell of Joculator mygaki (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:
Triphoroidea
Family:
Cerithiopsidae
Genus:
Joculator
Species:
J. mygaki
Binomial name
Joculator mygaki
Jay & Drivas, 2002

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Southern Madagascar and Réunion.

References
  1. Joculator mygaki at World Register of Marine Species.
  • Cecalupo A. & Perugia I. (2014). The Cerithiopsidae (Caenogastropoda: Triphoroidea) of South Madagascar (Indian Ocean). Bollettino Malacologico. 50: 75-126


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