| Glyptaesopus | |
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| Glyptaesopus phylira | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Glyptaesopus Pilsbry & Olsson, 1941 |
| Type species | |
| Aesopus xenicus Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932 | |
Glyptaesopus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae [1]
The small shell is slender and contains 5½ sculptured whorls with weakly incised sutures. The aperture is long and narrow and has a thin outer lip. The siphonal canal is short. [2]
Species within the genus Glyptaesopus include:
Crassispira is a genus of small predatory sea snails with narrow, high-spired shells, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Glyptaesopus phylira is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.
Glyptaesopus proctorae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.
Glyptaesopus xenicus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.
Tritonoharpa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.
Cerodrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.
Iredalea is a small genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Drilliidae.
Pilsbryspira is a genus of small predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Compsodrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.
Carinodrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae, the turrids and allies.
Lioglyphostoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae.
Pyrgospira is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pseudomelatomidae,the turrids and allies
Kurtziella is a genus of small, predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae. Prior to a 2011 genetic revision, the genus used to be included in the family Conidae.
Mangelia is a large genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
Tenaturris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
Agathotoma is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
Aesopus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Nassarina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.
Parviturbo is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Skeneidae.
Sinum is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. Most naticids have shells that are globular, but the shell of species in the genus Sinum is flattened to some extent, some being so flattened that they are ear-shaped.