Glyphostoma scalarinum

{{Cleanup taxon|date=March 2022|concern=unaccepted}}

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}

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| genus = Glyphostoma

| species = scalarinum

| authority = (Deshayes, 1863)

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  • Clathurella scalarina Deshayes, 1863
  • Etrema (Etremopa) scalarina (Deshayes, G.P., 1863)

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Glyphostoma scalarinum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Clathurellidae.{{WRMS species|215090|Glyphostoma scalarinum (Deshayes, 1863)||18 August 2011}}

Description

The shell grows to a length of 9 mm. The shell is whitish, with a narrow chestnut or chocolate sutural band, and another below the middle of the body whorl only.George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 296; 1884 (described as Clathurella scalarina)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, Réunion; in the Central Pacific Ocean.

References

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  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III