Glyphostoma phalera

Glyphostoma phalera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clathurellidae[1]
Genus: Glyphostoma
Species: G. phalera
Binomial name
Glyphostoma phalera
(Dall, 1889)
Synonyms[2]

Mangilia phalera Dall, 1889

Glyphostoma phalera is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.[2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 12.5 mm and 44 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles.

References

  1. P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
  2. 1 2 Glyphostoma phalera (Dall, 1889).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 August 2011.


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