Glyptaesopus proctorae

Glyptaesopus proctorae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.[1]

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

  1. ^ a b Glyptaesopus proctorae (M. Smith, 1936). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 August 2011.


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