Bothropoma bellulum

Bothropoma bellulum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:Phasianelloidea
Family:Colloniidae
Subfamily:Colloniinae
Genus:Bothropoma
Species: B. bellulum
Binomial name
Bothropoma bellulum
(H. Adams, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Bothropoma cf. bellula Bosch et al, 1995
  • Liotia bellula H. Adams, 1873

Bothropoma bellulum is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[1][2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea, Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Bothropoma bellulum (H. Adams, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=701873 on 2013-02-10
  2. Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.


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