Homalopoma amussitatum

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

Homalopoma amussitatum
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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[1]
  • Collonia purpurescens Dunker, 1882
  • Trochus corallinus E. A. Smith, 1875
  • Turbo amussitatus Gould, 1861

Description

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The height of the shell reaches 16 mm.

Distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ a b 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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