Glyphoturris quadrata

Glyphoturris quadrata
Drawing of a shell of Glyphoturris quadrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Mangeliidae
Genus: Glyphoturris
Species: G. quadrata
Binomial name
Glyphoturris quadrata
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mangelia diminuta Adams, C.B., 1850
  • Clathurella quadrata (Reeve, 1845)
  • Defrancia quadrata (Reeve, 1845)
  • Mangelia quadrata (Reeve, 1845)
  • Mangilia quadrata (Reeve, 1845)
  • Pleurotoma quadrata Reeve, 1845
  • Pleurotomoides quadrata L.A. Reeve, 1845

Glyphoturris quadrata, common name the square glyph-turrid, is a species of small carnivorous sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

The subspecies Glyphoturris quadrata rugirima (Dall, 1889) is a synonym of Glyphoturris rugirima (Dall, 1889)

Distribution

G. quadrata can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from the eastern coast of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, south to Brazil, and also surrounding Bermuda.;[2] in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 4 mm and 6.8 mm.

The shell is strongly biangulated on the body whorl. The ribs are distant and conspicuous. The revolving sculpture is fine and close. The color of the shell is whitish or yellowish. The interstices of the ribs ofte nare chestnut-colored.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Glyphoturris quadrata (Reeve, 1845).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 666.
  3. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

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