Glyphostoma gabbii

Glyphostoma gabbii
Shell of Glyphostoma gabbii (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Clathurellidae
Genus:	Glyphostoma
Species:	G. gabbii
Binomial name
Glyphostoma gabbii (Dall, 1889)
Synonyms [1]
Drillia (Glyphosotoma) gabbii(Dall, 1889) Mangilia gabbiiDall, 1889

Glyphostoma gabbii, common name Gabb's tooth turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Clathurellidae. ^[1]

Distribution

Glyphostoma gabbii can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from eastern Florida to Brazil., ^[2] in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

Glyphostoma gabbii, syntype at the Smithsonian Institution

References

1. Glyphostoma gabbii (Dall, 1889) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 August 2011.
2. Felder, Darryl L. & Sylvia A. Earle. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 663.

• G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 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 ^{[ permanent dead link ]}

External links

• Media related to Glyphostoma gabbii at Wikimedia Commons
• "Glyphostoma gabbii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 17 August 2011.