Glyphoturris rugirima

Glyphoturris rugirima
Shells of Glyphoturris rugirima (museum specimens)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Glyphoturris
Species:	G. rugirima
Binomial name
Glyphoturris rugirima (Dall, 1889)
Synonyms [1]
Glyphoturris quadrata rugirima(Dall, 1889) Mangilia rugirimaDall, 1889

Glyphoturris rugirima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 8 mm.

This species differs from Glyphoturris diminuta in being smaller and shorter proportionally, and with the strength of the sculpture even more exaggerated. ^[2]

Distribution

G. rugirima can be found in Atlantic Ocean waters, ranging from the eastern coast of Florida south to Brazil and surrounding Bermuda.; ^[3] in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.

References

1. Glyphoturris rugirima (Dall, 1889) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 8 August 2011.
2. Dall, W. H. 1889b. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877–78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879–80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18 1-492, pls. 10–40
3. 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.

• Rosenberg, 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

External links

• "Glyphoturris quadrata rugirima". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
• Specimen at MNHN, Paris