Glyphostoma elsae

Glyphostoma elsae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.[2]

Glyphostoma elsae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Clathurellidae[1]
Genus:
Glyphostoma
Species:
G. elsae
Binomial name
Glyphostoma elsae
Bartsch, 1934

Description

Distribution

G. elsae can be found in Caribbean waters, ranging from Gulf of Mexico to Puerto Rico.[3]

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 elsae Bartsch, 1934. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 August 2011.
  3. Felder, Darryl L. & Sylvia A. Earle. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 663.


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