Glyphostoma bayeri

Glyphostoma bayeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clathurellidae[1]
Genus: Glyphostoma
Species: G. bayeri
Binomial name
Glyphostoma bayeri
Olsson, 1971

Glyphostoma bayeri, common name the Bayer's turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.[2]

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 33 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Panama.

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 bayeri Olsson, 1971.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 August 2011.

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