Glyptaesopus proctorae
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Glyptaesopus proctorae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.{{WRMS species|420337|Glyptaesopus proctorae (M. Smith, 1936)||13 August 2011}}
Description
The shell grows to a length of 9 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs from the Florida Keys to the Bahamas; in the Gulf of Mexico.
This species was originally only known as a fossil from the Pliocene of Florida.
References
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160807014801/http://biogomx.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/chapters/33-Rosenberg%20et%20al%202009-Gastropoda%20of%20the%20GoMx.pdf Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas]
External links
- [https://archive.today/20120710161524/http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/content/77/3/273.full Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273–308.]
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Category:Gastropods described in 1936
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