Glyphostoma rugosum

Glyphostoma rugosum
	Drawing of Glyphostoma rugosum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Clathurellidae
Genus:	Glyphostoma
Species:	G. rugosum
Binomial name
	Glyphostoma rugosum; (Mighels, 1845)
Synonyms
	Clathurella rugosa Mighels, 1845; Pleurotoma rugosum Mighels, 1845;

Glyphostoma rugosum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Clathurellidae.^[1]

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.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along Madagascar.

References

^ ^a ^b Glyphostoma rugosum (Mighels, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 August 2011.
^ 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

This Clathurellidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[WoRMS-1] Glyphostoma rugosum (Mighels, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 August 2011.

[2] George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 297; 1884 (described as Clathurella rugosa)

[1]

[2]