Biology:Herpetopoma

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Herpetopoma
Herpetopoma instrictum 001.jpg
Two views of a shell of Herpetopoma instrictum
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Chilodontaidae
Genus: Herpetopoma
Pilsbry, 1890[1]
Type species
Euchelus scabriusculus
A. Adams & Angas, 1867
Species

See text

Synonyms[2]
  • Euchelus (Herpetopoma) Pilsbry, 1890
  • Huttonia Kirk, 1882 (invalid: junior homonym of Huttonia Pickard-Cambridge, 1881 [Araneae])

Herpetopoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs of the family Chilodontaidae.[2]

In the past, this genus was often treated as a subgenus of Euchelus. However, this genus may prove to be a composite taxon, given the diversity of the shell forms.[3]

Description

The shell has a turbinate-conic shape as in Euchelus. The spire is elevated. The operculum is multispiral as in a typical Trochus and with more, less rapidly expanding whorls compared with Euchelus.[4] Species in this genus has typically two teeth, joined by a U-shaped notch, where the columella and the basal lips join.

Species

Species within the genus Herpetoma include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Herpetopoma aspersa [sic]: synonym of Herpetopoma aspersum (Philippi, 1846) (incorrect gender ending)
  • Herpetopoma atratum (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Euchelus atratus (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Herpetopoma bella [sic]: synonym of Herpetopoma bellum (Hutton, 1873)
  • Herpetopoma clathratum (A. Adams, 1853): synonym of Vaceuchelus clathratus (A. Adams, 1853)
  • Herpetopoma eboreum Vilvens & Heros, 2003: synonym of Herpetopoma xeniolum (Melvill, 1918)
  • Herpetopoma fischeri (Montrouzier [in Souverbie & Montrouzier], 1866): synonym of Herpetopoma exasperatum (A. Adams, 1853)
  • Herpetopoma foveolatum (A. Adams, 1851): synonym of Vaceuchelus foveolatus (A. Adams, 1853)
  • Herpetopoma larochei alacerrima Dell, 1956: synonym of Herpetopoma alacerrimum Dell, 1956
  • Herpetopoma providentiae (Melvill, 1909): synonym of Ascetostoma providentiae (Melvill, 1909)
  • Herpetopoma ringens (Schepman, 1908): synonym of Ascetostoma ringens (Schepman, 1908)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3167879 entry