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Glyphostoma polynesiensis

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Species of gastropod

Glyphostoma polynesiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Clathurellidae
Genus: Glyphostoma
Species: G. polynesiensis
Binomial name
Glyphostoma polynesiensis
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Clathurella polynesiensis Reeve, 1845
  • Lienardia polynesiensis (Reeve, 1845)
  • Pleurotoma polynesiensis Reeve, 1845

Glyphostoma polynesiensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Clathurellidae.

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.

Distribution

This marine species occurs along Lord Hood Island in Western Australia.

References

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