Homalopoma albidum

Homalopoma albidum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Phasianelloidea
Family: Colloniidae
Genus: Homalopoma
Species: H. albidum
Binomial name
Homalopoma albidum
(Dall, 1881) [1]
Synonyms

Leptothyra (induta var.?) albida Dall, 1881

Homalopoma albidum, common name the white dwarf turban, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina at depths between 64 m and 1832 m.

References

  1. ↑ Dall, W. H. 1881. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877-79, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer Blake. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 9: 33-144.
  2. ↑ Homalopoma albidum (Dall, 1881).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  • Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 page(s): 59
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.


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