Glyptaesopus xenicus

Glyptaesopus xenicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Glyptaesopus xenicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Glyptaesopus
Species:
G. xenicus
Binomial name
Glyptaesopus xenicus
(Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)
Synonyms[1]

Aesopus xenicus Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932

Description

The size of an adult shell grows to a length of 6 mm to 8 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mexico to Ecuador.

References

  • Keen, A. M. 1971. Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. xv, 1064 pp., 22 pls.
  • "Glyptaesopus xenicus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
  • Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308


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