Biology:Glyptaesopus

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Glyptaesopus
Glyptaesopus phylira 001.jpg
Glyptaesopus phylira
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Glyptaesopus
Pilsbry & Olsson, 1941
Type species
Aesopus xenicus
Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932

Glyptaesopus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae[1]

Description

The small shell is slender and contains 5½ sculptured whorls with weakly incised sutures. The aperture is long and narrow and has a thin outer lip. The siphonal canal is short.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Glyptaesopus include:

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7983274 entry