Homalopoma clippertonense

Homalopoma clippertonense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Phasianelloidea
Family: Colloniidae
Subfamily: Colloniinae
Genus: Homalopoma
Species: H. clippertonense
Binomial name
Homalopoma clippertonense
(Hertlein & Emerson, 1953)
Synonyms
  • Clanculus clippertonensis Hertlein & Emerson 1953 (original combination)
  • Homalopoma (Panocochlea) clippertonense Hertlein, L.G. & W.K. Emerson, 1953

Homalopoma clippertonense is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[1][2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Baja California, Mexico; Clipperton Island; San Benedict Island.

References

  1. WoRMS (2012). Homalopoma clippertonense (Hertlein & Emerson, 1953). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575004 on 2013-02-10
  2. Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.

External links

External identifiers for Homalopoma clippertonense
WoRMS 575004


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