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[1]
  • Clathurella rugosa Mighels, 1845
  • Pleurotoma rugosum Mighels, 1845

Glyphostoma rugosum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.[1]

Description[edit]

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.[2]

Distribution[edit]

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along Madagascar.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b 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