Prodotia iostoma

Prodotia iostoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Buccinidae
Genus:	Prodotia
Species:	P. iostoma
Binomial name
*Prodotia iostoma* (Gray, 1834)
Synonyms
Buccinum marmoratum Reeve, 1846 (non Link, 1807) Cantharus iostoma (Gray, 1834) Cantharus iostomus [sic] (misspelling) Phos billeheusti Petit de la Saussaye, 1853 Pisania billeheusti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1853) Pollia marmorata (Reeve, 1846) Prodotia iostomus [sic] Triton iostoma Gray, 1834 (original combination)

Prodotia iostoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra and the Mascarenes; off New Zealand.

References

↑ Prodotia iostoma (Gray, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 April 2010.

Kilburn R.N., Marais J.P. & Fraussen K. (2010) Buccinidae. Pp. 16-52, in: Marais A.P. & Seccombe A.D. (eds), Identification guide to the seashells of South Africa. Volume 1. Groenkloof: Centre for Molluscan Studies. 376

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