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Glyphostoma epicasta

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Glyphostoma epicasta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Clathurellidae
Genus: Glyphostoma
Species:
G. epicasta
Binomial name
Glyphostoma epicasta
Bartsch, 1934

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

Description

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The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 31 mm.

Distribution

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Glyphostoma epicasta can be found in the Caribbean Sea, along Colombia and Puerto Rico, in the Gulf of Mexico along Louisiana and in the Atlantic Ocean along Brazil.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Glyphostoma epicasta Bartsch, 1934. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 August 2011.
  2. ^ 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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  • "Glyphostoma epicasta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  • Rosenberg G., Moretzsohn F. & García E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas