Glyptaesopus | |
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Glyptaesopus phylira | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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
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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: