Herpetopoma pauperculum
Drawing of a shell of Herpetopoma pauperculum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Seguenzioidea
Family: Chilodontaidae
Genus: Herpetopoma
Species:
H. pauperculum
Binomial name
Herpetopoma pauperculum
(Lischke, 1872) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Trochus pauperculus Lischke, 1872 (original combination)

Herpetopoma pauperculum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.[2][3]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 4 mm and 8 mm. The small, solid, thick, imperforate shell has a conical shape. It is white, spotted on theribs with blackish-brown. The spire is conical. The sutures are slightly channelled. The five, convex whorls are, encircled by strong spiral ribs, the interstices clathrate, pitted by longitudinal lamellae. The spiral ribs number 3 to 5 on the penultimate, 8 or 9 on the body whorl. The rounded aperture is thickened and crenulate inside. The columella is straight, broad, and not toothed.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan and Korea.

References

  1. ↑ Lischke, Mai. Blatter xix, p. 105 (June, 1872)
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2012). Herpetopoma pauperculum (Lischke, 1872). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596730 on 2013-04-14
  3. ↑ Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • "Herpetopoma paupercula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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