Caducifer Explained

Caducifer is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Prodotiidae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Caducifer include:

• Caducifer camelopardalus Watters, 2009
• Caducifer concinnus (Reeve, 1844)
• Caducifer decapitatus (Reeve, 1844)
• Caducifer englerti (Hertlein, 1960)
• Caducifer truncatus (Hinds, 1844)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Caducifer atlanticus Coelho, Matthews & Cardosa, 1970: synonym of Monostiolum atlanticum (Coelho, Matthews & Cardoso, 1970)
• Caducifer cinis (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Engina cinis (Reeve, 1846)
• Caducifer crebristriatus (Carpenter, 1856): synonym of Monostiolum crebristriatus (Carpenter, 1856)
• Caducifer nebulosus (Gould, 1860): synonym of Zafrona isomella (Duclos, 1840)
• Caducifer nigricostatus (Reeve, 1846): synonym of Monostiolum nigricostatum (Reeve, 1846)
• Caducifer truncata [sic]: synonym of Caducifer truncatus (Hinds, 1844)
• Caducifer weberi Watters, 1983: synonym of Bailya weberi (Watters, 1983) (original combination)

External links

• Watters, G. T. (2009). A revision of the western Atlantic Ocean genera Anna, Antillophos, Bailya, Caducifer, Monostiolum, and Parviphos, with description of a new genus, Dianthiphos, and notes on Engina and Hesperisternia Gastropoda: Buccinidae: Pisaniinae) and Cumia (Colubrariidae). The Nautilus. 123(4): 225-275

Notes and References

1. Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P. (2018). Caducifer Dall, 1904. In: MolluscaBase (2018). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204688 on 2018-01-10