Glyphostoma polynesiensis

Glyphostoma polynesiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Clathurellidae
Genus:	Glyphostoma
Species:	G. polynesiensis
Binomial name
	Glyphostoma polynesiensis; (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
	Clathurella polynesiensis Reeve, 1845; Lienardia polynesiensis (Reeve, 1845); Pleurotoma polynesiensis Reeve, 1845;

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

Description

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.^[3]

Distribution

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

References

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

External links

[Conoidea-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.

[WoRMS-2] Glyphostoma polynesiensis (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 August 2011.

[3] George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI, p. 291; 1884 (described as Clathurella polynesiensis)

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