Herpetopoma rubrum

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Herpetopoma rubrum
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Three views of a shell of Herpetopoma rubrum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Chilodontaidae
Genus: Herpetopoma
Species:
H. rubrum
Binomial name
Herpetopoma rubrum
(A. Adams, 1853)
Synonyms [1]
  • Euchelus hachijoensisPilsbry, 1904
  • Euchelus ruber(A. Adams, 1851)
  • Euchelus ruber brunneusPilsbry, 1901
  • Euchelus rubra(A. Adams, 1851)
  • Monodonta rubraA. Adams, 1851 (original combination)

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

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 4 mm and 15 mm. The umbilicate, solid shell has a conical shape. It has a bright rose or carmine color. The elevated spire is acute. The 5–6, convex whorls are rounded, encircled by alternately larger and smaller closely beaded riblets, numbering 9 on the penultimate, 4 on the next earlier whorl, about 14 on the last whorl, of equal size on its latter portion. The sutures are narrowly canaliculate. The body whorl is rounded. The rounded aperture is finely sulcate inside. The columella is straight, toothed at base, with a narrow, deep square notch between the tooth and the tubercles of the basal lip. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Southern Japan and Australia.

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References

  1. 1 2 Marshall, B.; Bouchet, P. (2013). Herpetopoma rubrum (A. Adams, 1853). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547216 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.
  3. ↑ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Euchelus rubra)
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