Prodotia iostoma

Prodotia iostoma
	Shell of Prodotia iostoma (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Prodotiidae
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); Fusus (Pisania) desmoulinsi Montrouzier, 1864; Fusus desmoulinsi Montrouzier, 1864; 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 Prodotiidae.^[1]

Description

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

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