Glyphostoma scalarinum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Clathurellidae
Genus: Glyphostoma
Species:
G. scalarinum
Binomial name
Glyphostoma scalarinum
(Deshayes, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Clathurella scalarina Deshayes, 1863
  • Etrema (Etremopa) scalarina (Deshayes, G.P., 1863)

Glyphostoma scalarinum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.[1]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 9 mm. The shell is whitish, with a narrow chestnut or chocolate sutural band, and another below the middle of the body whorl only.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, Réunion; in the Central Pacific Ocean.

References

  1. Glyphostoma scalarinum (Deshayes, 1863). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 August 2011.
  2. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 296; 1884 (described as Clathurella scalarina)
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • "Etrema (Etremopa) scalarina". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
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