Glyphostoma rugosum
| Glyphostoma rugosum | |
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| Drawing of Glyphostoma rugosum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clathurellidae[1] |
| Genus: | Glyphostoma |
| Species: | G. rugosum |
| Binomial name | |
| Glyphostoma rugosum (Mighels, 1845) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Glyphostoma rugosum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.[2]
Description
The outer lip is thickened and toothed. The anal sinus is large and rather deep. The color of the shell is whitish, with a chestnut band at the suture, obscurely indicated on the middle of the body whorl. The length of the shell is 6.5 mm.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along Madagascar.
References
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Glyphostoma rugosum (Mighels, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 August 2011.
- ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 297; 1884 (described as Clathurella rugosa)
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
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