Glyphoturris rugirima

Glyphoturris rugirima
Shells of Glyphoturris rugirima (museum specimens)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Mangeliidae
Genus:Glyphoturris
Species: G. rugirima
Binomial name
Glyphoturris rugirima
(Dall, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
  • Glyphoturris quadrata rugirima (Dall, 1889)
  • Mangilia rugirima Dall, 1889

Glyphoturris rugirima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 8 mm.

This species differs from Glyphoturris diminuta in being smaller and shorter proportionally, and with the strength of the sculpture even more exaggerated.[2]

Distribution

G. rugirima can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from the eastern coast of Florida south to Brazil and surrounding Bermuda.;[3] in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.

References

  1. 1 2 Glyphoturris rugirima (Dall, 1889).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Dall, W. H. 1889b. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18 1-492, pls. 10-40
  3. ↑ Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 666.


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