Glyphostoma candida

Glyphostoma candida
Drawing of Glyphostoma candida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clathurellidae[1]
Genus: Glyphostoma
Species: G. candida
Binomial name
Glyphostoma candida
(Hinds, 1843)
Synonyms[2]

Clavatula candida Hinds, 1843

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

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 14 mm. The ribs are rather broad and rounded. The revolving striae are only white at the base. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along Panama.

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. ^ a b Glyphostoma candida (Hinds, 1843).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432708 on 17 August 2011.
  3. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 273; 1884 (described as Mangilia candida)

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