Taxon profile
species
Joculator ridiculus (R. B. Watson, 1886)
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » family Cerithiopsidae » genus Joculator
ID: 544933
pID: 544919
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Francesco Vitali
Created: 2008-08-17 01:01:20 - User Jiří Novák
Last change: 2016-08-07 18:45:33 - User Francesco Vitali
Data last updated: 2021-03-15 15:58:45
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id544933/
Text function: [[t:544933;<em>Joculator ridiculus</em>]]
[[t:544933;<em>Joculator ridiculus</em>]] (R. B. Watson, 1886)
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id544933/"><em>Joculator ridiculus</em></a>
pID: 544919
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Francesco Vitali
Created: 2008-08-17 01:01:20 - User Jiří Novák
Last change: 2016-08-07 18:45:33 - User Francesco Vitali
Data last updated: 2021-03-15 15:58:45
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id544933/
Text function: [[t:544933;<em>Joculator ridiculus</em>]]
[[t:544933;<em>Joculator ridiculus</em>]] (R. B. Watson, 1886)
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id544933/"><em>Joculator ridiculus</em></a>
| Type taxon of: | Joculator Hedley, 1909 (Cerithiopsis ridicula R. B. Watson, 1886) |
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Author: Kay, E.A.
Author: Wilson, B.
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Description
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 122075
Text Type: 1
Page: 0
Created: 2023-03-21 12:25:57 - User Delsing Jan
Last change: 2025-03-10 10:14:41 - User Francesco Vitali
Language: EN
Text function: [[t:544933,textblock=122075,elang=EN;Description]]
Text ID: 122075
Text Type: 1
Page: 0
Created: 2023-03-21 12:25:57 - User Delsing Jan
Last change: 2025-03-10 10:14:41 - User Francesco Vitali
Language: EN
Text function: [[t:544933,textblock=122075,elang=EN;Description]]
Length, 2 mm; diameter, .75 mm. Shell: ovate; with three beaded spirals on each whorl; brown. Spire: protoconch of four conical, convex whorls; teleoconch of four rather flat-sided whorls; suture deeply furrowed. Sculpture: three beaded spiral cords on each whorl, the apical row slightly larger than the others; beads closely spaced on the cords and joined by small axial columns; base with one obsoletely beaded spiral and another smooth cord. Aperture: ovate; outer lip sculptured by the spiral cords. Color: glossy brown, protoconch white. These shells are uncommon in sediments at depths of 3 m. J. ridicula was described from Wednesday Island, northeastern Australia.
Kay, E.A., 1979. Hawaiian Marine Shells. Reef and Shore Fauna of Hawaii. Section 4: Mollusca.
Author: Jan Delsing
Links and literature
Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Joculator ridiculus (Watson, 1886)]Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013