Glyphostoma rugosum

Glyphostoma rugosum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.[2]

Glyphostoma rugosum
Drawing of Glyphostoma rugosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Clathurellidae[1]
Genus:
Glyphostoma
Species:
G. rugosum
Binomial name
Glyphostoma rugosum
(Mighels, 1845)
Synonyms[2]
  • Clathurella rugosa Mighels, 1845
  • Pleurotoma rugosum Mighels, 1845

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.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along Madagascar.

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 rugosum (Mighels, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 August 2011.
  3. 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


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