This marine species is circumtropical and is commonly found in deep waters
Etymology
Hyalocylis, from
Ancient Greek “υαλινος”, “of crystal or glass”. Striata, because of the numerous and regular grooves of the shell that indicate its successive enlargements.[3]
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