Gymnobela leptoglypta

Gymnobela leptoglypta
Original image of a shell of Gymnobela leptoglypta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Gymnobela
Species:	G. leptoglypta
Binomial name
Gymnobela leptoglypta (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)
Synonyms [1]
Gymnobela gregariaSykes, 1906 Pleurotoma leptoglyptaDautzenberg & Fischer, 1896 Pleurotomella gregariaSykes, 1906

Gymnobela leptoglypta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.5 mm.

The somewhat thin shell has a well-elevated spire. Its color is white with the protoconch stained with brown. The shell contains six evenly roundedwhorls, four being apical. The apical whorls (in a worn state) are reticulate, and the residue of the shell is sculptured with longitudinal ribs, which fade out on the lower half of the whorls. There are also numerous rounded spirals cutting the ribs. Below the suture there is an excavated area, showing spirals and also arcuate striae, more numerous than the ribs. The columella is fairly straight. The aperture is ovate. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Azores and in the Rockall Trough.

References

1. Gymnobela leptoglypta (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 29 March 2010.
2. Sykes E. R. 1906. On the Mollusca procured during the "Porcupine" Expeditions 1869-1870. Supplemental notes, part III. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 7: 173-190, pl. 16(described as Pleurotomella gregaria)

• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213

External links

• P. & Fischer H. (1896). Dragages effectués par l'Hirondelle et par la Princesse Alice 1888-1895. 1. Mollusques Gastéropodes. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France. 395-498, pl. 15-22 ^{[ permanent dead link ]}://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10117292]
• Bouchet & Warren, Revision of the North-East Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda); The Journal of Molluscan Studies, supplement 8, December 1980
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.