Glyphostoma dedonderi

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

Glyphostoma dedonderi
Shells of Glyphostoma dedonderi (holotype in the MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Clathurellidae[1]
Genus:
Glyphostoma
Species:
G. dedonderi
Binomial name
Glyphostoma dedonderi
Goethaels & Monsecour, 2008

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 22 mm and 32 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines and Indonesia.

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 dedonderi Goethaels & Monsecour, 2008. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 August 2011.
  • Goethaels R. & Monsecour D. (2008) A new species of Glyphostoma (Gastropoda: Clathurellidae) from the Philippine Islands. Visaya 2(3): 33–36


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