Glyphostoma polynesiensis
| Glyphostoma polynesiensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clathurellidae[1] |
| Genus: | Glyphostoma |
| Species: | G. polynesiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Glyphostoma polynesiensis (Reeve, 1845) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Glyphostoma polynesiensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.[2]
Description
The whorls are narrowly obtusely shouldered, longitudinally closely ribbed, transversely striated. The outer lip is thickened. The anal sinus is large. The color of the shell is white.[3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs along Lord Hood Island in Western Australia.
References
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Glyphostoma polynesiensis (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 August 2011.
- ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 291; 1884 (described as Clathurella polynesiensis)
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