Herpetopoma seychellarum

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Herpetopoma seychellarum
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1889 illustration of an apertural view of a shell of Herpetopoma seychellarum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Chilodontaidae
Genus: Herpetopoma
Species:
H. seychellarum
Binomial name
Herpetopoma seychellarum
(G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Euchelus seychellarumG. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869

Herpetopoma seychellarum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae. [2] [3]

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Description

The height of the shell attains 3 mm. The small, white, rather solid, subglobose shell has a depressed-conical shape. The four whorls are a little convex. They are joined by an impressed suture, and ornamented by spiral closely, minutely granulose riblets; The body whorl is rounded at the periphery. The base of the shell is convex, spirally granulate-ribbed, and narrowly umbilicate. The aperture is subrotund. The outer lip is regularly arched, its edge rather obtuse, and sulcate inside. The columella is straight, obliquely sloping, with a small tooth below. [4]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Seychelles.

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References

  1. ↑ G. and H. Nevill, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bang. xxxviii, pt. I, p. 157, 1869
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Herpetopoma seychellarum (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=710080 on 2013-04-14
  3. ↑ Herbert D.G. (2012) A revision of the Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of southern Africa and the south-western Indian Ocean. African Invertebrates, 53(2): 381–502. (6 November 2012)
  4. ↑ Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Euchelus seychellarum)
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