Glyphostoma gabbii, common name Gabb's tooth turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Clathurellidae.[1]

Glyphostoma gabbii
Shell of Glyphostoma gabbii (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Clathurellidae
Genus: Glyphostoma
Species:
G. gabbii
Binomial name
Glyphostoma gabbii
(Dall, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia (Glyphosotoma) gabbii (Dall, 1889)
  • Mangilia gabbii Dall, 1889

Description

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Distribution

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Glyphostoma gabbii can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from eastern Florida to Brazil.,[2] in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles.

 
Glyphostoma gabbii, syntype at the Smithsonian Institution

References

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  1. ^ a b Glyphostoma gabbii (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 August 2011.
  2. ^ Felder, Darryl L. & Sylvia A. Earle. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1: Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, 2009. 663.
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  •   Media related to Glyphostoma gabbii at Wikimedia Commons
  • "Glyphostoma gabbii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 17 August 2011.