Homalopoma rubidum

Homalopoma rubidum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Phasianelloidea
Family: Colloniidae
Subfamily: Colloniinae
Genus: Homalopoma
Species: H. rubidum
Binomial name
Homalopoma rubidum
(Dall, 1908)

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

Description

The shell grows to a height of 10 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Panama.

References

  1. WoRMS (2012). Homalopoma rubidum (Dall, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575006 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 rubidum
WoRMS 575006


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