Zygoceras tropidophorum

Zygoceras tropidophorum
Shell of Zygoceras tropidophorum (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Superfamily:	Capuloidea
Family:	Haloceratidae
Genus:	Zygoceras
Species:	Z. tropidophorum
Binomial name
Zygoceras tropidophorum Warén & Bouchet, 1991
Synonyms
Zygoceras tropidophoraWarén & Bouchet, 1991 (incorrect gender agreement of specific epithet)

Zygoceras tropidophorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropoda mollusk in the family Haloceratidae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 7.1 mm, its diameter 6.8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Ouvéa, New Caledonia.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Zygoceras tropidophorum Warén & Bouchet, 1991. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1397079 on 2023-12-11

External links

• Mollusca Gastropoda: Systematic position and revision of Haloceras Dall, 1889 (Caenogastropoda, Haloceratidae fam. nov.). in: Crosnier, A. et al. (eds) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 7. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 150: 111-161 Archived 2022-02-27 at the Wayback Machine