Homalopoma clippertonense
Homalopoma clippertonense is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[1][2]
| Homalopoma clippertonense | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Phasianelloidea |
| Family: | Colloniidae |
| Subfamily: | Colloniinae |
| Genus: | Homalopoma |
| Species: | H. clippertonense |
| Binomial name | |
| Homalopoma clippertonense (Hertlein & Emerson, 1953) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off Baja California, Mexico; Clipperton Island; San Benedict Island.
References
- WoRMS (2012). Homalopoma clippertonense (Hertlein & Emerson, 1953). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575004 on 2013-02-10
- Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
External links
- To World Register of Marine Species
- K.L. Kaiser, The Recent Molluscan Fauna of Ile Clipperton; The Festivus XXXIX supplement, 2007
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