- Herpetopoma
Taxobox
name = "Herpetopoma"
image_caption =
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Mollusca
classis =Gastropoda
subclassis =Prosobranchia
ordo =Archaeogastropoda
superfamilia =Trochacea
familia =Trochidae
genus = "Herpetopoma"
genus_authority = Pilsbry,1890
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text."Herpetopoma" is a
genus of seasnail s, marinegastropod mollusc s of the familyTrochidae , the top shells.These top shells have a gemmate or clathrate sculpture, almost invariably a pair of
tubercle s, with a notch between them, at the base of the columella, and a multispiral operculum.pecies
* "
Herpetopoma alacerrima " Dell, 1956
* "Herpetopoma bella " (Hutton, 1873)
* "Herpetopoma benthicola " Powell, 1937
* "Herpetopoma foveolata " (A. Adams, 1851)
* "Herpetopoma larochei " (Powell, 1926)
* "Herpetopoma larochei larochei " (Powell, 1926)
* "Herpetopoma larochei alacerrima " Dell, 1956
* "Herpetopoma mariae " Finlay, 1930
* "Herpetopoma pruinosa " (Marshall, 1979)References
* [http://www.mollusca.co.nz/checklist.php?page=7#Trochidae NZ Mollusca]
* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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