Glyphoturris quadrata
| Glyphoturris quadrata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae [1] |
| Genus: | Glyphoturris |
| Species: | G. quadrata |
| Binomial name | |
| Glyphoturris quadrata (Reeve, 1845) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Glyphoturris quadrata, common name the square glyph-turrid, is a species of small carnivorous sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.[2]
Distribution
G. quadrata can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from the eastern coast of Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, south to Brazil, and also surrounding Bermuda.;[3] in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea and the Lesser Antilles.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 4 mm and 6.8 mm.
References
- ↑ Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308.
- 1 2 Glyphoturris quadrata (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
- ↑ Tunnell, John W., Jr., Felder, Darryl L., & Earle, Sylvia A., eds. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 666.
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