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Homalopoma

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Colloniidae

Scientific name
  
Homalopoma

Higher classification
  
Turbinidae

Lower classifications
  
Homalopoma micans

Superfamily
  
Phasianelloidea

Subfamily
  
Colloniinae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Genus

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Homalopoma, common name the dwarf turbans, is a genus of mostly very small sea snails with a calcareous operculum, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Colloniidae.

Species

Species within the genus Homalopoma include:

Species brought into synonymy 
  • Homalopoma arsinoense (Issel, 1869): synonym of Collonista arsinoensis (Issel, 1869)
  • Homalopoma carpenteri Pilsbry, 1888: synonym of Homalopoma luridum (Dall, 1885)
  • Homalopoma engbergi (Willett, 1929): synonym of Homalopoma lacunatum (Carpenter, 1864)
  • Homalopoma finkli Petuch, 1987 accepted as Cataegis finkli (Petuch, 1987)
  • Homalopoma juanensis (Dall, 1919) : synonym of Homalopoma luridum (Dall, 1885)
  • Homalopoma kussakini Egorov, 2000 : synonym of Lirularia iridescens (Schrenck, 1863)
  • Homalopoma panamense (Dall, 1908): synonym of Cantrainea panamensis (Dall, 1908)
  • Homalopoma rotundata [sic]: synonym of Homalopoma rotundatum (Sowerby, 1889)

    • Other species include:

  • Homalopoma crassicostata (Murdoch, 1905)
  • Homalopoma fluctuata (Hutton, 1883)
  • Homalopoma imperforata (Suter, 1908)
  • Homalopoma micans (Powell, 1931)
  • Homalopoma nana (Finlay, 1930)
  • Homalopoma peloritanum (Cantraine, 1835)
  • Homalopoma philipiana (Dall, 1889)
  • Homalopoma rotella (Powell, 1937)
  • Homalopoma variecostata (Powell, 1937)

    • References

    Homalopoma Wikipedia
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