Glyphoturris rugirima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.[1]
| Glyphoturris rugirima | |
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| Shells of Glyphoturris rugirima (museum specimens) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Mangeliidae |
| Genus: | Glyphoturris |
| Species: | G. rugirima
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| Binomial name | |
| Glyphoturris rugirima (Dall, 1889)
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Description edit
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 edit
G. rugirima can be found in Atlantic 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 edit
- ^ a b Glyphoturris rugirima (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 August 2011.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Glyphoturris rugirima.
- "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