Biology:Glyphostoma scalarinum
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Clathurellidae |
| Genus: | Glyphostoma |
| Species: | G. scalarinum
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| Binomial name | |
| Glyphostoma scalarinum (Deshayes, 1863)
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Glyphostoma scalarinum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.[1]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 9 mm. The shell is whitish, with a narrow chestnut or chocolate sutural band, and another below the middle of the body whorl only.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, Réunion; in the Central Pacific Ocean.
References
- ↑ Glyphostoma scalarinum (Deshayes, 1863). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 August 2011.
- ↑ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 296; 1884 (described as Clathurella scalarina)
- Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
External links
- "Etrema (Etremopa) scalarina" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_19556.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q5573587 entry
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