Herpetopoma xeniolum | |
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Shell of Herpetopoma xeniolum (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
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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Synonyms [1] | |
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Herpetopoma xeniolum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae. [1]
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]
The 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]
This 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.