Glyphostoma polynesiensis
Appearance
Glyphostoma polynesiensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Clathurellidae |
Genus: | Glyphostoma |
Species: | G. polynesiensis
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Binomial name | |
Glyphostoma polynesiensis (Reeve, 1845)
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Glyphostoma polynesiensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Clathurellidae.[1]
Description
[edit]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.[2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs along Lord Hood Island in Western Australia.
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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)