Herpetopoma benthicola

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Herpetopoma benthicola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Chilodontaidae
Genus: Herpetopoma
Species:
H. benthicola
Binomial name
Herpetopoma benthicola
Powell, 1937

Herpetopoma benthicola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae.[1]

Shells of the species are small, solid and conic.[2] Shells reach a height of 3.5 mm (0.14 in) and a width of 3.0 mm (0.12 in).[3]

Taxonomy

The species was first described by A. W. B. Powell in 1937.[2]

Distribution

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