Homalopoma

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Homalopoma
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Shells of Homalopoma alfi (holotype in MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Phasianelloidea
Family: Colloniidae
Subfamily: Colloniinae
Genus: Homalopoma
Carpenter, 1864 [1]
Type species
Turbo sanguineusLinnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • † Homalopoma (Boutillieria)Cossmann, 1888 accepted, alternate representation
  • Homalopoma (Homalopoma)Carpenter, 1864· accepted, alternate representation
  • LeptonyxCarpenter, 1864 (junior homonym of LeptonyxSwainson, 1833 [Aves]; Homalopoma is a replacement name)
  • LeptothyraJ. G. Cooper, 1867 (junior objective synonym of Homalopoma)

Homalopoma, common name the dwarf turbans, is a genus of mostly very small sea snails with a calcareous operculum, marine gastropoda molluscs in the subfamily Colloniinae of the family Colloniidae. [2]

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Species

Species within the genus Homalopoma include: [3]

Species brought into synonymy

Other species include: [4] [ verification needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ Carpenter P. P. (1864). Rep. Brit. Ass.33(1863): 537, 588, 627.
  2. ↑ Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2011). Homalopoma Carpenter, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138605 on 2011-03-18
  3. ↑ WoRMS (2009). Homalopoma Carpenter, 1864. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138605 on 10 October 2011
  4. ↑ Powell A. W. B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand, ISBN   0-00-216906-1
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