Caducifer is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Prodotiidae.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
General characteristics (Original description) The shell is small and subcylindrical, with the upper fourth of the spire self-amputated in the adult stage. It bears a single terminal varix. The sculpture consists of distinct axial ribs intersected by fine spiral threading, while the sutures are closely appressed. The nature of the nucleus and the presence or form of the operculum remain unknown.
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)
References
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