Homalopoma quantillum

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Homalopoma quantillum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Phasianelloidea
Family:
Colloniidae
Genus:
Homalopoma
Species:
H. quantillum
Binomial name
Homalopoma quantillum
Gould, 1861 [1]
Synonyms
  • Collonia quantillaGould, 1861
  • Leptothyra quantilla(Gould, 1861)

Homalopoma quantillum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae. [2]

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Subspecies

Description

The size of the shell varies between 2 mm and 3.5 mm. It is a small, rose-colored, solid shell with a depressed-orbicular shape. it contains four whorls. The aperture is circular. The outer lip is thick. The columella has a strong slope. The periphery of the base is blunt. [3]

Distribution

This marine species has been found off Jeffrey's Bay, South Africa

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References

  1. ↑ Gould, Proc. Bost. Soc. VIII, p. 22
  2. ↑ Homalopoma quantillum Gould, 1861 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 April 2010.
  3. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described in Latin as Collonia quantilla)
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