Glyphostoma purpurascens

Glyphostoma purpurascens is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clathurellidae.[2]

Glyphostoma purpurascens
Drawing of Glyphostoma purpurascens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Clathurellidae[1]
Genus:
Glyphostoma
Species:
G. purpurascens
Binomial name
Glyphostoma purpurascens
(Dunker, 1871)
Synonyms

Clathurella purpurascens Dunker, 1871

Description

The color of the shell is rose-red to violaceous, with a central white band. The outer lip is 5-6 toothed within. The shell has a length of 5 mm.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar.

References
  1. P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev; N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
  2. Glyphostoma purpurascens (Dunker, 1871). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 August 2011.
  3. George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 298; 1884 (described as Clathurella purpurascens)
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III


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