Biology:Glyptaesopus proctorae

Short description: Species of gastropod

Glyptaesopus proctorae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Borsoniidae
Genus:	Glyptaesopus
Species:	G. proctorae
Binomial name
Glyptaesopus proctorae (M. Smith, 1936)

Glyptaesopus proctorae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.

Description

The shell grows to a length of 9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs from the Florida Keys to the Bahamas; in the Gulf of Mexico.

This species was originally only known as a fossil from the Pliocene of Florida.

References

• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 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

External links

• 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 ☰ Q3141494 entry