title: Glyptaesopus
text: # Glyptaesopus
  
  Glyptaesopus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae
  
  ## 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.
  
  ## Species
  
  Species within the genus Glyptaesopus include:
  
  * Glyptaesopus oldroydi (Arnold, 1903)
  * Glyptaesopus phylira (Dall, 1919)
  * Glyptaesopus proctorae (M. Smith, 1936)
  * Glyptaesopus xenicus (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)
  