Glyptaesopus proctorae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.
Description
The shell grows to a length of 9 mm.
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
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
Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273–308.