Glyphostoma polynesiensis

Glyphostoma polynesiensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Clathurellidae.^[1]

Glyphostoma polynesiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Clathurellidae
Genus:	Glyphostoma
Species:	G. polynesiensis
Binomial name
Glyphostoma polynesiensis (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
Clathurella polynesiensis Reeve, 1845 Lienardia polynesiensis (Reeve, 1845) Pleurotoma polynesiensis Reeve, 1845

Description

The whorls are narrowly obtusely shouldered, longitudinally closely ribbed, transversely striated. The outer lip is thickened. The anal sinus is large. The color of the shell is white.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs along Lord Hood Island in Western Australia.