Homalopoma maculatum

Homalopoma maculatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Phasianelloidea
Family: Colloniidae
Subfamily: Colloniinae
Genus: Homalopoma
Species: H. maculatum
Binomial name
Homalopoma maculatum
Golikov & Gulbin, 1978

Homalopoma maculatum is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[1][2][3]

Description

The shell grows to a size of 3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Kurile Islands.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Homalopoma maculatum Golikov & Gulbin, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=556954 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.
  3. Gulbin V.V. & Chaban E.M. (2012) Annotated list of shell-bearing gastropodsof Commander Islands. Part I. The Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society 15-16: 5–30.

External links

External identifiers for Homalopoma maculatum
Encyclopedia of Life 18727268
WoRMS 556954


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