Herpetopoma | |
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Two views of a shell of Herpetopoma instrictum | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Family: | Chilodontaidae |
Genus: |
Herpetopoma Pilsbry, 1890 [1] |
Type species | |
Euchelus scabriusculus A. Adams & Angas, 1867
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Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Herpetopoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs of the family Chilodontaidae. [2]
In the past, this genus was often treated as a subgenus of Euchelus. However, this genus may prove to be a composite taxon, given the diversity of the shell forms. [3]
The shell has a turbinate-conic shape as in Euchelus. The spire is elevated. The operculum is multispiral as in a typical Trochus and with more, less rapidly expanding whorls compared with Euchelus. [4] Species in this genus has typically two teeth, joined by a U-shaped notch, where the columella and the basal lips join.
Species within the genus Herpetoma include:
Herpetopoma | |
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Two views of a shell of Herpetopoma instrictum | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Family: | Chilodontaidae |
Genus: |
Herpetopoma Pilsbry, 1890 [1] |
Type species | |
Euchelus scabriusculus A. Adams & Angas, 1867
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Species | |
See text | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Herpetopoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs of the family Chilodontaidae. [2]
In the past, this genus was often treated as a subgenus of Euchelus. However, this genus may prove to be a composite taxon, given the diversity of the shell forms. [3]
The shell has a turbinate-conic shape as in Euchelus. The spire is elevated. The operculum is multispiral as in a typical Trochus and with more, less rapidly expanding whorls compared with Euchelus. [4] Species in this genus has typically two teeth, joined by a U-shaped notch, where the columella and the basal lips join.
Species within the genus Herpetoma include: