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Homalopoma amussitatum

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Species of gastropod

Homalopoma amussitatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Colloniidae
Subfamily: Colloniinae
Genus: Homalopoma
Species: H. amussitatum
Binomial name
Homalopoma amussitatum
(Gould, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Collonia purpurescens Dunker, 1882
  • Trochus corallinus E. A. Smith, 1875
  • Turbo amussitatus Gould, 1861

Homalopoma amussitatum is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.

Description

The height of the shell reaches 16 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (February 2013)

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Kuriles, Russia to Northern Japan.

References

  1. ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Homalopoma amussitatum (Gould, 1861). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=556955 on 2013-02-10
  2. Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 372 pp. + 140 pls.
  • Trew, A., 1984. The Melvill-Tomlin Collection. Part 30. Trochacea. Handlists of the Molluscan Collections in the Department of Zoology, National Museum of Wales.

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Taxon identifiers
Homalopoma amussitatum


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