Glyphoturris diminuta

Glyphoturris diminuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Glyphoturris
Species:	G. diminuta
Binomial name
Glyphoturris diminuta (Adams C. B., 1850)
Synonyms[1]
Mangelia deminuta Krebs, H., 1864 Pleurotoma diminuta Adams C. B., 1850

Glyphoturris diminuta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Jamaica and Southeast USA.

References

• Adams, C. B. 1850. Description of supposed new species of marine shells which inhabit Jamaica. Contributions to Conchology, 4: 56-68, 109-123

External links

• Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
• Gastropods.com: Glyphoturris diminuta
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.