Homalopoma quantillum
| Homalopoma quantillum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Phasianelloidea |
| Family: | Colloniidae |
| Genus: | Homalopoma |
| Species: | H. quantillum |
| Binomial name | |
| Homalopoma quantillum Gould, 1861 [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Homalopoma quantillum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[2]
- Subspecies
- Homalopoma quantillum carmineum (Bartsch, 1915)
- Homalopoma quantillum quantillum (Gould, 1861)
Description
The size of the shell varies between 2 mm and 3.5 mm. It is a small, rose-colored, solid shell with a depressed-orbicular shape. it contains four whorls. The aperture is circular. The outer lip is thick. The columella has a strong slope. The periphery of the base is blunt.[3]
Distribution
This marine species has been found off Jeffrey's Bay, South Africa
References
- ↑ Gould, Proc. Bost. Soc. VIII, p. 22
- ↑ Homalopoma quantillum Gould, 1861. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
- ↑ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described in Latin as Collonia quantilla)
- Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 48