Glyptaesopus
Genus of gastropods
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::summary Genus of gastropods ::
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Glyptaesopus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.
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.
Species
Species within the genus Glyptaesopus include:
- Glyptaesopus oldroydi (Arnold, 1903)
- Glyptaesopus phylira (Dall, 1919)
- Glyptaesopus proctorae (M. Smith, 1936)
- Glyptaesopus xenicus (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)
References
- Pilsbry and Olsson, 1941, Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia. Proc. vol. 93. p. 36.
- Radwin (1968), The Systematic Position of Glyptaesopus; The Nautilus vol. 82 (1)
- 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.
References
- {{WRMS species. 415427. ''Glyptaesopus''. 6 August 2011
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10654470#page/581/mode/1up Peter Jung,''Miocene and Pliocene Mollusks from Trinidad''; Bulletins of American paleontology v. 55 no. 247 p. 555]
- {{WRMS species. 433917. ''Glyptaesopus phylira'' (Dall, 1919). 16 April 2010
- {{WRMS species. 420337. ''Glyptaesopus proctorae'' (M. Smith, 1936). 16 April 2010
- {{WRMS species. 433918. ''Glyptaesopus xenicus'' (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932). 16 April 2010
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