Homalopoma sangarense

Homalopoma sangarense is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[1]

Homalopoma sangarense
Original drawing of the shell of Homalopoma sangarense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Phasianelloidea
Family:
Colloniidae
Genus:
Homalopoma
Species:
H. sangarense
Binomial name
Homalopoma sangarense
(Schrenck, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Leptothyra sangarensis Schrenck, 1862
  • Turbo corallinus Reeve
  • Turbo sangarensis Schrenck, 1867

Description

The height of the shell varies between 7 mm and 10 mm. The median teeth of the radula are oval, wide, with a narrow projection above, and more or less narrowed toward the base. The upper margin is in no case reflected, so that cusp, cutting point or edge, in any usual sense, there is none.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Vietnam, Korea, North Japan and Sakhalin

References
  1. Homalopoma sangarense (Schrenck, 1862). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  • "Homalopoma sangarense". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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