Glyphostoma elsae

Glyphostoma elsae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clathurellidae[1]
Genus: Glyphostoma
Species: G. elsae
Binomial name
Glyphostoma elsae
Bartsch, 1934

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

Contents

Description

Distribution

G. elsae can be found in Caribbean waters, ranging from Gulf of Mexico to Puerto Rico.[3]

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. ^ Glyphostoma elsae Bartsch, 1934.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420249 on 17 August 2011.
  3. ^ Felder, Darryl L. & Sylvia A. Earle. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 663.