Herpetopoma xeniolum

Herpetopoma xeniolum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Chilodontidae
Genus: Herpetopoma
Species: H. xeniolum
Binomial name
Herpetopoma xeniolum
(Melvill, 1918)
Synonyms[1]
  • Euchelus xeniolum Melvill, 1918 (original combination)
  • Herpetopoma eboreum Vilvens & Heros, 2003
  • Perrinia waiwailevensis Ladd, H.S., 1982
  • Turcica (Perrinia) waiwailevensis Ladd, 1982

Herpetopoma xeniolum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.[1]

D.G. Herbert (2012) wasn't convinced that this poorly known species belonged in the genus Herpetopoma and puts it in Herpetopoma sensu lato.[2]

Description

The whorls of this relatively high-spired shell are rather flat-sided and show a fine sculpture. Some of the denticles of the outer lip extend into the aperture. There is a number of variation in the spiral cords of the examined specimens.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific, in the Gulf of Oman and off Réunion, New Caledonia and the Philippines; as a fossil from the Pliocene off Fiji.

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