Joculator Hedley 1909

Joculator is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.^[1] This genus was described by Hedley in 1909.

Species

Species in the genus Joculator include:

Taxa inquirenda

• Joculator aelomitres (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
• Joculator marileutes (Melvill & Standen, 1896)

Species brought into synonymy

• Joculator albocinctum (Melvill & Standen, 1896): synonym of Costulopsis albocincta (Melvill & Standen, 1896)
• Joculator albula (Thiele, 1930): synonym of Joculator albulus (Thiele, 1930)
• Joculator caelata Powell, 1930: synonym of Synthopsis caelata (Powell, 1930)
• Joculator granata Kay, 1979: synonym of Nanopsis granata (Kay, 1979)
• Joculator introspecta Cotton, 1951: synonym of Joculator introspectus Cotton, 1951
• Joculator iohannae Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012: synonym of Synthopsis iohannae (Cecalupo & Perugia, 2012)
• Joculator minima Laseron, 1956: synonym of Joculator minimus Laseron, 1956
• Joculator minutissima (Thiele, 1925): synonym of Joculator minutissimus (Thiele, 1925)
• Joculator myia Jay & Drivas, 2002: synonym of Nanopsis myia (Jay & Drivas, 2002)
• Joculator nanus Laseron, 1951: synonym of Potenatomus nanus (Laseron, 1951)
• Joculator ovata Laseron, 1956: synonym of Joculator ovatus Laseron, 1956
• Joculator ridicula: synonym of Joculator ridiculus (Watson, 1886)
• Joculator semipicta (Gould, 1861): synonym of Joculator semipictus (Gould, 1861)
• Joculator semipictus (Gould, 1861): synonym of Horologica semipicta (Gould, 1861)
• Joculator skolix Jay & Drivas, 2002: synonym of Costulopsis skolix (Jay & Drivas, 2002) (original combination)
• Joculator turriger (Watson, 1886): synonym of Horologica turrigera (Watson, 1886)
• Joculator turrigera (Watson, 1886): synonym of Joculator turriger (Watson, 1886)
• Joculator uveanum (Melvill & Standen, 1896): synonym of Joculator uveanus (Melvill & Standen, 1896)

References

• Cecalupo A. & Perugia I. (2014). The Cerithiopsidae (Caenogastropoda: Triphoroidea) of South Madagascar (Indian Ocean). Bollettino Malacologico. 50: 75–126.
• Cecalupo A. & Perugia I., 2023. Analysis of Cerithiopsidae of the Jousseaume’s collection. Xenophora Taxonomy 38: 17-24

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