Glyphostoma scalarinum
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| Glyphostoma scalarinum | |
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| Drawing of Glyphostoma scalarinum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clathurellidae[1] |
| Genus: | Glyphostoma |
| Species: | G. scalarinum |
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| Glyphostoma scalarinum (Deshayes, 1863) | |
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Glyphostoma scalarinum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.[2]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 9 mm. The shell is whitish, with a narrow chestnut or chocolate sutural band, and another below the middle of the body whorl only. [3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, Réunion; in the Central Pacific Ocean.
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.
- ↑ Glyphostoma scalarinum (Deshayes, 1863). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 August 2011.
- ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 296; 1884 (described as Clathurella scalarina)
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
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