Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Chilodontidae | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Seguenzioidea Genus Herpetopoma | |
Herpetopoma xeniolum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.
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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.
Description
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.
Distribution
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.
References
Herpetopoma xeniolum Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA