Glyptaesopus
Genus of gastropods
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Glyptaesopus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
| Glyptaesopus | |
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| Glyptaesopus phylira | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
Description
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
Species within the genus Glyptaesopus include:
- Glyptaesopus oldroydi (Arnold, 1903)
- Glyptaesopus phylira (Dall, 1919) [3]
- Glyptaesopus proctorae (M. Smith, 1936) [4]
- Glyptaesopus xenicus (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932) [5]