Biology:Glyphostoma epicasta
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Glyphostoma epicasta Bartsch, 1934
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Glyphostoma epicasta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.[2]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 31 mm.
Distribution
G. epicasta can be found in the Caribbean Sea, along Colombia and Puerto Rico, in the Gulf of Mexico along Louisiana and in the Atlantic Ocean along Brazil .[3]
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.
- ↑ Glyphostoma epicasta Bartsch, 1934. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 August 2011.
- ↑ Felder, Darryl L. & Sylvia A. Earle. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 663.
External links
- "Glyphostoma epicasta" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_15201.shtml.
- Rosenberg G., Moretzsohn F. & García E. F. (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
Wikidata ☰ Q5233218 entry
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