Glyptaesopus proctorae

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Glyptaesopus proctorae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae [1]
Genus: Glyptaesopus
Species: G. proctorae
Binomial name
Glyptaesopus proctorae
(M. Smith, 1936)

Glyptaesopus proctorae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 8 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs from the Florida Keys to the Bahamas; in the Gulf of Mexico.

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
  2. ↑ Glyptaesopus proctorae (M. Smith, 1936).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 August 2011.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

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