Homalopoma variecostata

Taxobox
name = "Homalopoma variecostata"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Prosobranchia
ordo = Archaeogastropoda
superfamilia = Trochacea
familia = Turbinidae
genus = "Homalopoma"
species = "H. variecostata"
binomial = "Homalopoma variecostata"
binomial_authority = (Powell, 1937)
synonyms = "Argalista variecostata" Powell, 1937

"Homalopoma variecostata" is a minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turbinidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand's Three Kings Islands.

Habitat

This shell is found at depths of between 165 and 475 m.

hell description

The shell is small, , and solid. Distinctive features are three keel-like cords, in addition to an overall cover of linear-spaced weak cords, a moderately wide umbilicus with a crenulated edge, and an effuse expansion of the columellar-basal lip.

Shell coloration is pale pink with irregular patches of light brown. The aperture and peristome are white.

The shell height is up to 1.8 mm, and the width is up to 2.3 mm.

References

* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1