Glaphyrina caudata

Glaphyrina caudata
Shell of Glaphyrina caudata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Glaphyrina
Species:	G. caudata
Binomial name
Glaphyrina caudata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Synonyms
Fusus caudatusQuoy & Gaimard, 1833 (original combination) Fusus vulpicolorSowerby, 1880 [1] † Glaphyrina progenitorFinlay, 1926 Glaphyrina vulpicolor(G. B. Sowerby II, 1880) † Glaphyrina vulpicolor annectensPowell, 1934 [2] † Glaphyrina vulpicolor progenitorFinlay, 1926 Siphonalia caudata Suter, 1913 Glaphyrina vulpicolor Finlay, 1927

Glaphyrina caudata is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae. ^[3]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand. ^[4]

Habitat

This sea snail is found in shallow water to depths of about 110 m.

Shell description

Shell rather small, elongated fusiform, solid, with a moderately long canal. Sculpture consisting of subequal narrow spiral cords, about 10 on the penultimate whorl, the interspaces shallow, much broader than the cords upon the base, where they have a fine spiral thread; axial sculpture formed by numerous vertical broadly rounded ribs, 15 to 20 on the body whorl, where they become obsolete below the periphery. Colour light - yellowish, the spirals reddish - brown. Spire elevated conic, of the same height as the aperture with canal; outlines straight. Protoconch of 2 smooth whorls, small and globose. Whorls 8, regularly increasing, convex, very lightly shouldered, the last somewhat inflated; base excavated. Suture not much impressed. Aperture large, oval, broadly angled above, produced below into a fairly long oblique and open canal, rounded at the base. Outer lip convex, sharp, lightly lirate inside. Columella subvertical, slightly concave. Inner lip narrow, spreading over the parietal wall, narrowed below, and forming the inner edge of the canal. Operculum unknown. ^[5]

The shell height is up to 49.5 mm, and width up to 21 mm. ^[5]

References

This article incorporates public domain text from reference. ^[5]

1. NZ Mollusca
2. Powell, A. W. B. (1934). "Upper Pliocene Fossils from Cape Runaway". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum . 1: 261–274. ISSN   0067-0464. JSTOR   42905956. Wikidata   Q58676565.
3. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Glaphyrina caudata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=448400 on 2021-01-01
4. Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN   0-00-216906-1
5. Suter H. 1913. Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca. Wellington.

• Powell, A. W. B. (1934). "Upper Pliocene Fossils from Cape Runaway". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum . 1: 261–274. ISSN   0067-0464. JSTOR   42905956. Wikidata   Q58676565.
• Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
• Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. pp 232–254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.

External links

• Quoy J.R.C. & Gaimard J.P. (1832-1835). Voyage de découvertes de l'"Astrolabe" exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833]. Paris: Tastu
• Sowerby, G. B., II. (1842-1887). Thesaurus Conchyliorum: Or monographs of genera of shells. London, privately published: vol. 1: p. 1-438, pl. 1-91 [cover date 1847]; vol. 2: p. 439 899, pl. 92-186 [cover date 1855]; vol. 3: p. 1-331, pl. 187-290 [cover date: 1866]; vol. 4 p. 1-110, pl. 292-423 [cover date 1880]; vol. 5: p. 1-305, pl. 424-517 [cover date 1887] - Details of dates in Petit R.E. 2009 Zootaxa 2189: 35-37; dates of different parts behind cover page of volume I in the copy of BHL
• Finlay H.J. (1926). A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 320-485, pls 18-23