Herpetopoma seychellarum
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| Herpetopoma seychellarum | |
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| 1889 illustration of an apertural view of a shell of Herpetopoma seychellarum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Family: | Chilodontaidae |
| Genus: | Herpetopoma |
| Species: | H. seychellarum |
| Binomial name | |
| Herpetopoma seychellarum (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869)[1] | |
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Herpetopoma seychellarum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae.[2][3]
The height of the shell attains 3 mm. The small, white, rather solid, subglobose shell has a depressed-conical shape. The four whorls are a little convex. They are joined by an impressed suture, and ornamented by spiral closely, minutely granulose riblets; The body whorl is rounded at the periphery. The base of the shell is convex, spirally granulate-ribbed, and narrowly umbilicate. The aperture is subrotund. The outer lip is regularly arched, its edge rather obtuse, and sulcate inside. The columella is straight, obliquely sloping, with a small tooth below.[4]