Glyphepithema

Glyphepithema
	A live specimen of Glyphepithema alapapilionis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Naticoidea
Family:	Naticidae
Subfamily:	Naticinae
Genus:	Glyphepithema; Rehder, 1943
Type species
	Natica (Naticarius) idiopoma Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932;
Synonyms
	Natica (Glyphepithema) Rehder, 1943 superseded rank

Glyphepithema is a genus (or subgenus) of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods in the subfamily Naticinae of the family Naticidae, the moon snails.^[1]

General characteristics

(Original description) The shell is globose, with a short spire and whorls that are smooth except for subobscure, axial, retractively curved furrows on the upper portion of the penultimate whorl. The body whorl is flattened below the suture and is covered by a thin brownish periostracum, which is strongly wrinkled in the subsutural area. The colour is pale gray‑brown to white, encircled by four narrow bands of deep chestnut spots on a white ground. The umbilicus is broad and contains a stout funicle.

The operculum bears a variably shaped nuclear callus, followed by a broad rib produced by the near-complete fusion of two or three smaller ribs. Between this rib and the outer margin lie several smaller, unequal ribs, the outer ribs usually being variously sculptured and often joined at their tops by a sculptured calcareous deposit that roofs over the intervening spaces. ^[2]

Species

Glyphepithema alapapilionis (Röding, 1798)
Glyphepithema floridana Rehder, 1943
Glyphepithema idiopoma (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932)

References

1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Glyphepithema Rehder, 1943. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567137 on 2026-06-18
↑ Rehder, H.A. (1943). "New marine mollusks from the Antillean Region". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 93 (3161): 196. Retrieved 18 June 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is under a CC BY 4.0 license.

[WoRMS-1] 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Glyphepithema Rehder, 1943. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567137 on 2026-06-18

[2] Rehder, H.A. (1943). "New marine mollusks from the Antillean Region". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 93 (3161): 196. Retrieved 18 June 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is under a CC BY 4.0 license.

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