Homalopoma imperforata

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Homalopoma imperforata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Prosobranchia
Order: Archaeogastropoda
Superfamily: Trochacea
Family: Turbinidae
Genus: Homalopoma
Species: H. imperforata
Binomial name
Homalopoma imperforata
(Suter, 1908)
Synonyms

Pseudoliotia imperforata Suter, 1908
Homalopoma foveauxana Ponder, 1968

Homalopoma imperforata is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinidae.

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[edit] Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.

[edit] Habitat

This top shell is found at depths of between 35 and 55 m.

[edit] Shell description

The shell is very solid, tall-turbinate, very narrowly umbilicated, and with heavy nodulose spiral cords.

Shell coloration is buff with brown patches between the nodes. The only comparable species, Homalopoma crassicostata, has smooth cords.

The shell height is up to 3 mm, and the width is up to 3.5 mm.

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