Glyphostoma alliteratum

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

Glyphostoma alliteratum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Clathurellidae[1]
Genus:
Glyphostoma
Species:
G. alliteratum
Binomial name
Glyphostoma alliteratum
Hedley, 1915
Synonyms

Etrema (Etrema) alliterata (Hedley, 1915)

Description

The shell grows to a length of 5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is distributed along the Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, the Great Barrier Reef, New South Wales

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. Glyphostoma alliteratum Hedley, 1915. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 August 2011.


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