Biology:Glyptaesopus xenicus
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Glyptaesopus xenicus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Glyptaesopus |
| Species: | G. xenicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Glyptaesopus xenicus (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Aesopus xenicus Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932 | |
Glyptaesopus xenicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
Description
The size of an adult shell grows to a length of 6 mm to 8 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Mexico to Ecuador.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Glyptaesopus xenicus (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 August 2011.
- Keen, A. M. 1971. Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. xv, 1064 pp., 22 pls.
External links
- "Glyptaesopus xenicus" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/7/Shell_20497.shtml.
- Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273–308
Wikidata ☰ Q5573619 entry
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