Prodotia iostoma

Prodotia iostoma
Shell of Prodotia iostoma (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Prodotiidae
Genus:	Prodotia
Species:	P. iostoma
Binomial name
Prodotia iostoma (Gray, 1834)
Synonyms
Buccinum marmoratumReeve, 1846 (non-Link, 1807) Cantharus iostoma(Gray, 1834) Cantharus iostomus [sic] (misspelling) Fusus (Pisania) desmoulinsiMontrouzier, 1864 Fusus desmoulinsiMontrouzier, 1864 Phos billeheustiPetit de la Saussaye, 1853 Pisania billeheusti(Petit de la Saussaye, 1853) Pollia marmorata(Reeve, 1846) Prodotia iostomus [sic] Triton iostomaGray, 1834 (original combination)

Prodotia iostoma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Prodotiidae. ^[1]

Distribution

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

References

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

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• Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
• Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.
• 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
• Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN   2-603-00654-1. 159 pp.
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• Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
• Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
• Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

External links

• Souverbie [S.-M.] & Montrouzier [X.]. (1864). Descriptions d’espèces nouvelles de l’Archipel Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie. 12: 261–275, pl. 10