Glyphostoma rostrata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Clathurellidae.[1]
| Glyphostoma rostrata | |
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| Apertural view of Glyphostoma rostrata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Clathurellidae |
| Genus: | Glyphostoma |
| Species: | G. rostrata
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| Binomial name | |
| Glyphostoma rostrata Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001
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Description
editThe size of an adult shell varies between 20 and 30 millimetres (0.79 and 1.18 in).
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines and New Caledonia.
References
edit- ^ Glyphostoma rostrata Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 18 August 2011.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Glyphostoma rostrata.
- "Glyphostoma rostrata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
- MNHN, Paris: Glyphostoma rostrata (holotype)