Glyptaesopus

Glyptaesopus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.^[1]

Glyptaesopus
Glyptaesopus phylira
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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]