Glyptaesopus
Glyptaesopus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae[1]
| Glyptaesopus | |
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| Glyptaesopus phylira | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Glyptaesopus Pilsbry & Olsson, 1941 |
| Type species | |
| Aesopus xenicus Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932 | |
Description
The small shell is slender and contains 5½ sculptured whorls with weakly incised sutures. The aperture is long and narrow and has a thin outer lip. The siphonal canal is short.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Glyptaesopus include:
- Glyptaesopus oldroydi (Arnold, 1903)
- Glyptaesopus phylira (Dall, 1919) [3]
- Glyptaesopus proctorae (M. Smith, 1936) [4]
- Glyptaesopus xenicus (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932) [5]
References
- Glyptaesopus. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 August 2011.
- Peter Jung,Miocene and Pliocene Mollusks from Trinidad; Bulletins of American paleontology v. 55 no. 247 p. 555
- Glyptaesopus phylira (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
- Glyptaesopus proctorae (M. Smith, 1936). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
- Glyptaesopus xenicus (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 April 2010.
- Pilsbry and Olsson, 1941, Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia. Proc. vol. 93. p. 36.
- Radwin (1968), The Systematic Position of Glyptaesopus; The Nautilus vol. 82 (1)
- 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.
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