Glyphostoma gabbii

Glyphostoma gabbii, common name Gabb's tooth turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Clathurellidae.[2]

Glyphostoma gabbii
Shell of Glyphostoma gabbii (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Clathurellidae[1]
Genus:
Glyphostoma
Species:
G. gabbii
Binomial name
Glyphostoma gabbii
(Dall, 1889)
Synonyms[2]
  • Drillia (Glyphosotoma) gabbii (Dall, 1889)
  • Mangilia gabbii Dall, 1889

Distribution

G. gabbii can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from eastern Florida to Brazil.,[3] in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

References
Glyphostoma gabbii, syntype at the Smithsonian Institution
  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 gabbii (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 August 2011.
  3. Felder, Darryl L. & Sylvia A. Earle. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 663.


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