Glyphostoma otohimeae

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

Glyphostoma otohimeae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Clathurellidae[1]
Genus:
Glyphostoma
Species:
G. otohimeae
Binomial name
Glyphostoma otohimeae
Kosuge, 1981

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 23 and 35 millimetres (0.91 and 1.38 in).

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines.

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 otohimeae Kosuge, 1981. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 August 2011.


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