Glyptaesopus phylira

Glyptaesopus phylira
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae [1]
Genus: Glyptaesopus
Species: G. phylira
Binomial name
Glyptaesopus phylira
(Dall, 1919)
Synonyms[2]
  • Nannodiella amyela Dall, W.H., 1919
  • Philbertia phylira Dall, 1919

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

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 6 mm and 8 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Panama to Ecuador.

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. 1 2 Glyptaesopus phylira (Dall, 1919).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 August 2011.

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