Glyphostoma epicasta
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| Glyphostoma epicasta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Clathurellidae |
| Genus: | Glyphostoma |
| Species: | G. epicasta
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| Binomial name | |
| Glyphostoma epicasta Bartsch, 1934
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Glyphostoma epicasta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Clathurellidae.[1]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 14 mm and 31 mm.
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Distribution
Glyphostoma epicasta can be found in the Caribbean Sea, along Colombia and Puerto Rico, in the Gulf of Mexico along Louisiana and in the Atlantic Ocean along Brazil.[2]
References
- ^ Glyphostoma epicasta Bartsch, 1934. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 August 2011.
- ^ Felder, Darryl L. & Sylvia A. Earle. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 663.
External links
- "Glyphostoma epicasta". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- Rosenberg G., Moretzsohn F. & García E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas
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