Glyphostoma polynesiensis

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

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]
  • Clathurella polynesiensis Reeve, 1845
  • Lienardia polynesiensis (Reeve, 1845)
  • Pleurotoma polynesiensis Reeve, 1845

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
  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 polynesiensis (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 August 2011.
  3. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 291; 1884 (described as Clathurella polynesiensis)

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