Herpetopoma xeniolum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae.[1]
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| Shell of Herpetopoma xeniolum (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Family: | Chilodontaidae |
| Genus: | Herpetopoma |
| Species: | H. xeniolum
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| Binomial name | |
| Herpetopoma xeniolum (Melvill, 1918)
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D.G. Herbert (2012) wasn't convinced that this poorly known species belonged in the genus Herpetopoma and puts it in Herpetopoma sensu lato.[2]
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 3.7 mm
The whorls of this relatively high-spired shell are rather flat-sided and show a fine sculpture. Some of the denticles of the outer lip extend into the aperture. There is a number of variation in the spiral cords of the examined specimens.[2]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific, in the Gulf of Oman and off Réunion, New Caledonia and the Philippines; as a fossil from the Pliocene off Fiji.
References
edit- ^ a b Herpetopoma xeniolum Vilvens & Heros, 2003. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 March 2013.
- ^ a b 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
- Vilvens C. & Heros V. 2003. Description of Herpetopoma eboreum n.sp. (Gastropoda : Trochisae: Eucyclinae: Chilodoniini) from New Caledonia. Novapex 4(2–3): 61–65
- Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Dekker H. (2006) The Seguenziidae, Chilodontidae, Trochidae, Calliostomatidae and Solariellidae of the Philippine Islands. Visaya Supplement 2: 1–228.
External links
edit- "Herpetopoma xeniolum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- H. S. Ladd. 1982. Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Volutidae through Terebridae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1171:1–100
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