Glyphostoma scalarinum

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

Glyphostoma scalarinum
Drawing of Glyphostoma scalarinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Clathurellidae[1]
Genus:
Glyphostoma
Species:
G. scalarinum
Binomial name
Glyphostoma scalarinum
(Deshayes, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Clathurella scalarina Deshayes, 1863
  • Etrema (Etremopa) scalarina (Deshayes, G.P., 1863)

Description

The shell grows to a length of 9 mm. The shell is whitish, with a narrow chestnut or chocolate sutural band, and another below the middle of the body whorl only.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, Réunion; in the Central Pacific Ocean.

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 scalarinum (Deshayes, 1863). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 August 2011.
  3. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 296; 1884 (described as Clathurella scalarina)
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
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