Herpetopoma exasperatum

Herpetopoma exasperatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Chilodontidae
Genus: Herpetopoma
Species: H. exasperatum
Binomial name
Herpetopoma exasperatum
(A. Adams, 1853)
Synonyms[1]
  • Herpetopoma fischeri (Montrouzier in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866)
  • Monodonta exasperata A. Adams, 1853 (original combination)

Herpetopoma exasperatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.[1][2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 5 mm and 10 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Eastern Thailand and Northern Java, Indonesia

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Herpetopoma exasperatum (A. Adams, 1853). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547217 on 2013-04-14
  2. Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Dekker H. (2006) The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands. Visaya Supplement 2: 1-228.

External links

External identifiers for Herpetopoma exasperatum
Encyclopedia of Life 18652606
WoRMS 547217