| Herpetopoma pauperculum | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Herpetopoma pauperculum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Family: | Chilodontaidae |
| Genus: | Herpetopoma |
| Species: | H. pauperculum |
| Binomial name | |
| Herpetopoma pauperculum (Lischke, 1872) [1] | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Herpetopoma pauperculum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae. [2] [3]
The size of the shell varies between 4 mm and 8 mm. The small, solid, thick, imperforate shell has a conical shape. It is white, spotted on theribs with blackish-brown. The spire is conical. The sutures are slightly channelled. The five, convex whorls are, encircled by strong spiral ribs, the interstices clathrate, pitted by longitudinal lamellae. The spiral ribs number 3 to 5 on the penultimate, 8 or 9 on the body whorl. The rounded aperture is thickened and crenulate inside. The columella is straight, broad, and not toothed.
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