Glyphostoma bertiniana

Glyphostoma bertiniana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Clathurellidae
Genus: Glyphostoma
Species:
G. bertiniana
Binomial name
Glyphostoma bertiniana
Synonyms[1]

Clathurella bertiniana Tapparone-Canefri, 1878

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

Description

The shell is pink outside and inside. The canaliculate sutures are often black-banded, with frequently a white central band on the body whorl, and a narrow black band below. The shell grows to a length of 12 mm.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs along New Guinea.

References

  1. ^ a b Glyphostoma bertiniana (Tapparone-Canefri, 1878). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 August 2011.
  2. ^ George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol.VI, p. 271; 1884 (described as Mangilia rubida)


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