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Glyphostoma rugosum

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

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

Description

The outer lip is thickened and toothed. The anal sinus is large and rather deep. The color of the shell is whitish, with a chestnut band at the suture, obscurely indicated on the middle of the body whorl. The length of the shell is 6.5 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along Madagascar.

References

  1. ^ Glyphostoma rugosum (Mighels, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 August 2011.
  2. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 297; 1884 (described as Clathurella rugosa)
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
Taxon identifiers
Glyphostoma rugosum


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