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Glyptaesopus proctorae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Clade
  
Hypsogastropoda

Scientific name
  
Glyptaesopus proctorae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Caenogastropoda

Clade
  
Neogastropoda

Rank
  
Species

Glyptaesopus proctorae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.

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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

Glyptaesopus proctorae Wikipedia