''Depressipoma'' is a

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opercula,

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Colloniidae Colloniidae is a family of small sea snails with calcareous opercula, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Colloniidae Cossmann, 1917. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...

.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Depressipoma'' McLean, 2012. Accessed through:

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at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=605471 on 2013-02-10

Species

Species within the genus ''Depressipoma'' include: * ''

Depressipoma kwajaleina ''Depressipoma kwajaleina'' is a species of small sea snail with calcareous operculum (gastropod), opercula, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusc in the family (biology), family Colloniidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Depressipoma kwajaleina'' Mc ...

'' McLean, 2012 * ''

Depressipoma laddi ''Depressipoma laddi'' is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Colloniidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Depressipoma laddi'' McLean, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...

'' McLean, 2012

References

McLean J.H. (2012) New species and genera of colloniids from Indo-Pacific coral reefs, with the definition of a new subfamily Liotipomatinae n. subfam. (Turbinoidea, Colloniidae). Zoosystema 34(2): 343-376

External links

To World Register of Marine Species
Colloniidae Gastropod genera {{Colloniidae-stub