Bothropoma pilula

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Bothropoma pilula
Bothropoma pilula 01.jpg
A shell of Bothropoma pilula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Phasianelloidea
Family:
Colloniidae
Genus:
Bothropoma
Species:
B. pilula
Binomial name
Bothropoma pilula
(Dunker, 1860)
Synonyms [1]
  • Bothropoma cf. pilulaBosch et al., 1995
  • Bothropoma isseliThiele, 1924 [2]
  • Leptothyra inepta(Gould, 1861)
  • Leptothyra pilulaR. W. Dunker, 1860
  • Liotia pilulaDunker, 1860 (original combination)
  • Monilea ineptaGould, 1861
  • Neocollonia pilula(Dunker, 1860)
  • Neocollonia pilula pilula(Dunker, 1860)

Bothropoma pilula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae. [1]

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Description

The shell grows to a size of 5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Japan, China and the Philippines. It has also been recorded in the Red Sea. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bothropoma pilula (Dunker, 1860) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 April 2010.
  2. 1 2 Rusmore-Villaume, m.l. (2008): Seashells of the Egyptian Red Sea: The illustrated Handbook. – XI + 307 pp., American Univ. in Cairo Press.


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