Glyphostoma phalera

Glyphostoma phalera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clathurellidae[1]
Genus: Glyphostoma
Species: G. phalera
Binomial name
Glyphostoma phalera
(Dall, 1889)
Synonyms[2]

Mangilia phalera Dall, 1889

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

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 12.5 mm and 44 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles.

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. 2.0 2.1 Glyphostoma phalera (Dall, 1889).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 August 2011.

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