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Glyptaesopus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Clade
  
Hypsogastropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Caenogastropoda

Clade
  
Neogastropoda

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

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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

    Glyptaesopus Wikipedia