Ceratoxancus elongatus

Ceratoxancus elongatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae.[2]

Ceratoxancus elongatus
Shell of Ceratoxancus elongatus (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Turbinelloidea
Family:
Costellariidae
Genus:
Ceratoxancus
Species:
C. elongatus
Binomial name
Ceratoxancus elongatus
Sakurai, 1958[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Antarctica.

References
  1. Sakurai K. 1958. On a new species of the Xancidae, Ceratoxancus elongatus (Gastropoda). Venus, 19(3-4): 161–163.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  2. Ceratoxancus elongatus Sakurai, 1958. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 April 2010.


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