• Source: Herpetopoma

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




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. 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



NZ Mollusca
Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
Herbert D.G. (2012) A revision of the Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of southern Africa and the south-western Indian Ocean. African Invertebrates, 53(2): 381–502

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Herpetopoma
• Herpetopoma helix
• Herpetopoma pauperculum
• Herpetopoma vixumbilicatum
• Herpetopoma exasperatum
• Herpetopoma xeniolum
• Herpetopoma naokoae
• Herpetopoma sulciferum
• Herpetopoma elevatum
• Herpetopoma serratocinctum