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Joculator

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Joculator
Joculator variabilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Suborder: Ptenoglossa
Superfamily: Triphoroidea
Family: Cerithiopsidae
Genus: Joculator
Hedley, 1909
Type species
Cerithiopsis ridicula Watson, 1886
Synonyms[1]
  • Cerithiopsis (Joculator) Hedley, 1909
  • Cyrbasia (Joculator) Hedley, 1909

Joculator is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.[1] This genus was described by Hedley in 1909.

Species

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Species in the genus Joculator include:

Taxa inquirenda
  • Joculator aelomitres (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
  • Joculator marileutes (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Joculator albocinctum (Melvill & Standen, 1896): synonym of Costulopsis albocincta (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
  • Joculator albula (Thiele, 1930): synonym of Joculator albulus (Thiele, 1930)
  • Joculator caelata Powell, 1930: synonym of Synthopsis caelata (Powell, 1930)
  • Joculator granata Kay, 1979: synonym of Nanopsis granata (Kay, 1979)
  • Joculator introspecta Cotton, 1951: synonym of Joculator introspectus Cotton, 1951
  • Joculator iohannae Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012: synonym of Synthopsis iohannae (Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012)
  • Joculator minima Laseron, 1956: synonym of Joculator minimus Laseron, 1956
  • Joculator minutissima (Thiele, 1925): synonym of Joculator minutissimus (Thiele, 1925)
  • Joculator myia Jay & Drivas, 2002: synonym of Nanopsis myia (Jay & Drivas, 2002)
  • Joculator nanus Laseron, 1951: synonym of Potenatomus nanus (Laseron, 1951)
  • Joculator ovata Laseron, 1956: synonym of Joculator ovatus Laseron, 1956
  • Joculator ridicula: synonym of Joculator ridiculus (Watson, 1886)
  • Joculator semipicta (Gould, 1861): synonym of Joculator semipictus (Gould, 1861)
  • Joculator semipictus (Gould, 1861): synonym of Horologica semipicta (Gould, 1861)
  • Joculator skolix Jay & Drivas, 2002: synonym of Costulopsis skolix (Jay & Drivas, 2002) (original combination)
  • Joculator turriger (Watson, 1886): synonym of Horologica turrigera (Watson, 1886)
  • Joculator turrigera (Watson, 1886): synonym of Joculator turriger (Watson, 1886)
  • Joculator uveanum (Melvill & Standen, 1896): synonym of Joculator uveanus (Melvill & Standen, 1896)

References

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  1. ^ a b Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Joculator Hedley, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=531816 on 2014-12-07
  • Cecalupo A. & Perugia I. (2014). The Cerithiopsidae (Caenogastropoda: Triphoroidea) of South Madagascar (Indian Ocean). Bollettino Malacologico. 50: 75–126.
  • Cecalupo A. & Perugia I., 2023. Analysis of Cerithiopsidae of the Jousseaume's collection. Xenophora Taxonomy 38: 17-24