Homalopoma quantillum

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Phylum:Mollusca
Order:Trochida
Homalopoma quantillum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Colloniidae
Genus: Homalopoma
Species:
H. quantillum
Binomial name
Homalopoma quantillum
Gould, 1861 [1]
Synonyms
  • Collonia quantilla Gould, 1861
  • Leptothyra quantilla (Gould, 1861)

Homalopoma quantillum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[2]

Subspecies
  • Homalopoma quantillum carmineum (Bartsch, 1915)
  • Homalopoma quantillum quantillum (Gould, 1861)

The size of the shell varies between 2 mm and 3.5 mm. It is a small, rose-colored, solid shell with a depressed-orbicular shape. it contains four whorls. The aperture is circular. The outer lip is thick. The columella has a strong slope. The periphery of the base is blunt.[3]

Distribution

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