Kingdom Animalia Family Chilodontidae Phylum Mollusca Rank Genus | Superfamily Seguenzioidea Scientific name Herpetopoma Higher classification Trochidae | |
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Lower classifications Herpetopoma bellum, Herpetopoma benthicola, Herpetopoma larochei, Herpetopoma mariae | ||
Herpetopoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs of the family Chilodontidae.
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In the past, this genus was often tretaed as a subgenus of Euchelus. However, this genus may prove to be a composite taxon, given the diversity of the shell forms.
Description
The shell has a turbinate-conic shape as in Euchelus. The spire is elevated. The operculum is multispiral as in a typical Trochus and with more, less rapidly expanding whorls compared with Euchelus. Species in this genus has typically two teeth, joined by a U-shaped notch, where the columella and the basal lips join.
Species
Species within the genus Herpetoma include:
References
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