Ceratoxancus melichrous

Ceratoxancus melichrous
Shell of Ceratoxancus melichrous (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Ceratoxancus
Species:	C. melichrous
Binomial name
Ceratoxancus melichrous Kantor & Bouchet, 1997 [1]

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia.

References

1. Kantor Yu.I., Bouchet Ph., 1997a. The anatomy and systematics of Ceratoxancus, a genus of deep-water Ptychatractinae (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae) with labral spine. Veliger, 40(2): 101–120.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 29 April 2010.
2. Ceratoxancus melichrous Kantor & Bouchet, 1997 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 29 April 2010.