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Glyphostoma polynesiensis

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Glyphostoma polynesiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Clathurellidae
Genus: Glyphostoma
Species:
G. polynesiensis
Binomial name
Glyphostoma polynesiensis
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella polynesiensis Reeve, 1845
  • Lienardia polynesiensis (Reeve, 1845)
  • Pleurotoma polynesiensis Reeve, 1845

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

Description

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The whorls are narrowly obtusely shouldered, longitudinally closely ribbed, transversely striated. The outer lip is thickened. The anal sinus is large. The color of the shell is white.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs along Lord Hood Island in Western Australia.

References

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  1. ^ a b Glyphostoma polynesiensis (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 August 2011.
  2. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 291; 1884 (described as Clathurella polynesiensis)