Biology:Glyphostoma canfieldi
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Species: | G. canfieldi
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| Glyphostoma canfieldi (Dall, 1871)
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Clathurella canfieldi Dall, 1871 | |
Glyphostoma canfieldi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.[2]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 8 mm. The shell is narrowly shouldered. Numerous indistinct longitudinal plications fade out towards the lower part of the body whorl. There are about sixteen revolving ridges on the body whorl. The anal sinus is deep. The shell is yellowish white, without bands or with from one to three narrow brown bands.[3]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along California , USA
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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Glyphostoma canfieldi (Dall, 1871). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 August 2011.
- ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol.VI pp. 280–281; 1884 (described as Clathurella canfieldi)
Wikidata ☰ Q5226612 entry
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