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Glyphostoma canfieldi

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Glyphostoma canfieldi
Drawing of Glyphostoma canfieldi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Clathurellidae
Genus: Glyphostoma
Species:
G. canfieldi
Binomial name
Glyphostoma canfieldi
(Dall, 1871)
Synonyms[1]

Clathurella canfieldi Dall, 1871

Glyphostoma canfieldi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Clathurellidae.[1]

Description

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The shell grows to a length of 8 mm. The shell is narrowly shouldered. Numerous indistinct longitudinal plications fade out towards the lower part of the body whorl. There are about sixteen revolving ridges on the body whorl. The anal sinus is deep. The shell is yellowish white, without bands or with from one to three narrow brown bands.[2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along California, USA

References

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  1. ^ a b Glyphostoma canfieldi (Dall, 1871). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 August 2011.
  2. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol.VI pp. 280–281; 1884 (described as Clathurella canfieldi)