Depressipoma pentegoniostoma

Depressipoma pentegoniostoma is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[1] [2]

Depressipoma pentegoniostoma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Colloniidae
Subfamily: Liotipomatinae
Genus: Depressipoma
Species:
D. pentegoniostoma
Binomial name
Depressipoma pentegoniostoma
(H. Adams, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Bothropoma cf. bellula Bosch et al, 1995
  • Bothropoma bellulum (H. Adams, 1873)
  • Bothropoma pentegoniostoma (P. P. Carpenter, 1856) superseded combination
  • Cyclostrema pentegoniostoma P. P. Carpenter, 1856 superseded combination
  • Liotia bellula H. Adams, 1873 junior subjective synonym
  • Neocollonia bellula (H. Adams, 1873)
  • Neocollonia pentegoniostoma (P. P. Carpenter, 1856) superseded combination

Description

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(Original description in Latin) The subdiscoidal shell is small and somewhat solid. It is white in color. The shell contains 5 whorls, the last two being typical. The shell is encircled by five keels: one on the spire, a very prominent one at the periphery, faintly undulated with obscure tubercles, one on the base, and two below the large umbilicus. The entire surface is finely and densely striated transversely. The circular aperture is slightly detached and angular due to the keels. [3]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Red Sea, Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Depressipoma pentegoniostoma (P. P. Carpenter, 1856). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1721041 on 2024-09-15
  2. ^ Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
  3. ^ Carpenter, P.P. (1856). "Description of new species and varieties of Calyptraeidae, Trochidae, and Pyramidellidae, principally in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1856 (24): 169. Retrieved 15 September 2024.   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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