Glyphostoma bayeri

Bayer's turrid
Shells of Glyphostoma bayeri (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. 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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