Homalopoma maculatum is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[1][2][3]
| Homalopoma maculatum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Colloniidae |
| Subfamily: | Colloniinae |
| Genus: | Homalopoma |
| Species: | H. maculatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Homalopoma maculatum Golikov & Gulbin, 1978
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Description
editThe shell grows to a size of 3 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Kurile Islands.
References
edit- ^ Bouchet, P. (2012). Homalopoma maculatum Golikov & Gulbin, 1978. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=556954 on 2013-02-10
- ^ Kantor Yu.I. & Sysoev A.V. (2006) Marine and brackish water Gastropoda of Russia and adjacent countries: an illustrated catalogue. Moscow: KMK Scientific Press. 372 pp. + 140 pls.
- ^ Gulbin V.V. & Chaban E.M. (2012) Annotated list of shell-bearing gastropodsof Commander Islands. Part I. The Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society 15-16: 5–30.
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