- Source: Glyphoturris rugirima
Glyphoturris rugirima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Mangeliidae.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 5 mm and 8 mm.
This species differs from Glyphoturris diminuta in being smaller and shorter proportionally, and with the strength of the sculpture even more exaggerated.
Distribution
G. rugirima can be found in Atlantic waters, ranging from the eastern coast of Florida south to Brazil and surrounding Bermuda.; in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.
References
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
"Glyphoturris quadrata rugirima". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1–1295.
Specimen at MNHN, Paris