''Herpetopoma'' is a genus of

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s of the family

Chilodontaidae Chilodontaidae is a taxonomic family of mostly small deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Taxonomy The family was previously in ...

.Bouchet, P. (2010). Herpetopoma Pilsbry, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391155 on 25 March 2013 In the past, this genus was often treated as a subgenus of ''

Euchelus ''Euchelus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chilodontaidae (formerly in the family Trochidae). Description The umbilicate or imperforate shell has a globose-turbinate shape. It is umbilicate or imperforate. The ...

''. However, this genus may prove to be a composite taxon, given the diversity of the shell forms.

Description

The shell has a turbinate-conic shape as in ''

''. The spire is elevated. The operculum is multispiral as in a typical '' Trochus'' and with more, less rapidly expanding

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s compared with ''Euchelus''.Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
/ref> Species in this genus has typically two teeth, joined by a U-shaped notch, where the columella and the basal lips join.

Species

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

Herpetopoma alacerrimum ''Herpetopoma alacerrimum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Herpetopoma alacerrimum'' Dell, 1956. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinesp ...

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, 1956 * ''

Herpetopoma alarconi ''Herpetopoma alarconi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Euchelus alarconi'' Rehder, 1980. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.o ...

'' (Rehder, 1980) * '' Herpetopoma annectans'' (Tate, 1893) * ''

Herpetopoma aspersum ''Herpetopoma aspersum'', common name the ''speckled top shell'', is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Herpetopoma aspersum'' (Philippi, 1846). Retrieved through: World Register ...

'' (Philippi, 1846) * ''

Herpetopoma barbieri ''Herpetopoma barbieri'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae. Description The size of the shell varies between 7 mm and 12 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs off the Philippin ...

'' Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006 * ''

Herpetopoma bellum ''Herpetopoma bellum'' is a species of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontidae.Rosenberg, G. (2012). Herpetopoma bellum. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxd ...

'' ( Hutton, 1873) * ''

Herpetopoma benthicola ''Herpetopoma benthicola'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). Herpetopoma benthicola Powell, 1937. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies. ...

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, 1937 * ''

Herpetopoma corallinum ''Herpetopoma corallinum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Herpetopoma corallinum'' Jansen, 1994. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinesp ...

'' Jansen, 1994 * ''

Herpetopoma corrugatum ''Herpetopoma corrugatum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Herpetopoma corrugatum'' (Pease, 1861). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marines ...

'' (Pease, 1861) * ''

Herpetopoma crassilabrum ''Herpetopoma crassilabrum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae. Distribution This marine species occurs off Sri Lanka. References Gastropods described in 1905 crassilabrum ''Crassilabru ...

'' (G. B. Sowerby III, 1905) * ''

Herpetopoma elevatum ''Herpetopoma elevatum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontaidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Herpetopoma elevatum'' Jansen, 1994. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species The World Register of M ...

'' Jansen, 1994 * ''

Herpetopoma exasperatum ''Herpetopoma exasperatum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Herpetopoma exasperatum'' (A. Adams, 1853). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.ma ...

'' (A. Adams, 1853) * '' Herpetopoma fenestratum'' (Tate, 1893) * ''

Herpetopoma fimbriatum ''Herpetopoma fimbriatum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae Chilodontaidae is a taxonomic family of mostly small deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda ...

'' (Pease, 1861) * '' Herpetopoma gemmatum'' (Gould, 1845) * ''

Herpetopoma helix ''Herpetopoma helix'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Herpetopoma helix'' (Barnard, 1964). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.o ...

'' (Barnard, 1964) * '' Herpetopoma hivaoaense'' Vilvens, 2017 * ''

Herpetopoma howensis ''Herpetopoma howensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class co ...

'' Jansen, 1994 * ''

Herpetopoma instrictum ''Herpetopoma instrictum'', common name the basket-like false top shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Herpetopoma instrictum'' (Gould, 1849). Retrieved through: World ...

'' (Gould, 1849) * † '' Herpetopoma komiticum'' (Laws, 1939) * '' Herpetopoma larochei'' (

, 1926) * '' Herpetopoma lischkei'' (Pilsbry, 1904) * ''

Herpetopoma ludiviniae ''Herpetopoma ludiviniae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Herpetopoma ludiviniae (Poppe, Tagaro & H. Dekker, 2006). Accessed through: World Register of M ...

'' (Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006) * ''

Herpetopoma mariae ''Herpetopoma mariae'' is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). Herpetopoma mariae Finlay, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=tax ...

'' Finlay, 1930 * ''

Herpetopoma naokoae ''Herpetopoma naokoae'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae Chilodontaidae is a taxonomic family of mostly small deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Vetigastropoda (a ...

'' Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006 * ''

Herpetopoma nexus ''Herpetopoma'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs of the family Chilodontaidae.Bouchet, P. (2010). Herpetopoma Pilsbry, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxde ...

'' (Bozzetti, 2014) * '' Herpetopoma norfolkense'' Jansen, 1994 * ''

Herpetopoma pantantoi ''Herpetopoma'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs of the family Chilodontaidae.Bouchet, P. (2010). Herpetopoma Pilsbry, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxde ...

'' Vilvens, 2017 * † '' Herpetopoma parvumbilicatum'' (Laws, 1939) * '' Herpetopoma pauperculum'' (Lischke, 1872) * '' Herpetopoma poichilum'' Vilvens, 2012 * '' Herpetopoma pruinosum'' (Marshall, 1979) * '' Herpetopoma pumilio'' (Tate, 1893) * '' Herpetopoma rubrum'' (A. Adams, 1853) * '' Herpetopoma scabriusculum'' (A. Adams & Angas, 1867) * '' Herpetopoma serratocinctum'' Herbert, 2012 * '' Herpetopoma seychellarum'' (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869) * '' Herpetopoma stictum'' Herbert, 2012 * '' Herpetopoma sulciferum'' (A. Adams, 1853) * '' Herpetopoma verruca'' (Gould, 1861) * '' Herpetopoma vitilevuense'' Vilvens, 2017 * '' Herpetopoma vixumbilicatum'' (Tate, 1893) * ''

Herpetopoma xeniolum ''Herpetopoma xeniolum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae. D.G. Herbert (2012) wasn't convinced that this poorly known species belonged in the genus ''Herpetopoma'' and puts it in ''Herpetopoma ...

'' (Melvill, 1918) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Herpetopoma aspersa'' ic synonym of ''

'' (Philippi, 1846) (incorrect gender ending) * ''Herpetopoma atratum'' (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of ''

Euchelus atratus ''Euchelus atratus'', common name the blackish margarite, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae. Description The size of the shell varies between 5 mm and 21 mm. The solid, umbilicate shel ...

'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Herpetopoma bella'' ic synonym of ''Herpetopoma bellum'' (Hutton, 1873) * ''Herpetopoma clathratum'' (A. Adams, 1853): synonym of ''

Vaceuchelus clathratus ''Vaceuchelus clathratus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Vaceuchelus clathratus'' (A. Adams, 1853). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.mari ...

'' (A. Adams, 1853) * ''Herpetopoma eboreum'' Vilvens & Heros, 2003: synonym of ''

'' (Melvill, 1918) * ''Herpetopoma fischeri'' (Montrouzier n Souverbie & Montrouzier 1866): synonym of ''Herpetopoma exasperatum'' (A. Adams, 1853) * ''Herpetopoma foveolatum'' ( A. Adams, 1851): synonym of ''

Vaceuchelus foveolatus ''Vaceuchelus foveolatus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Vaceuchelus foveolatus'' (A. Adams, 1853). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.mari ...

'' (A. Adams, 1853) * ''Herpetopoma larochei alacerrima''

, 1956: synonym of ''

'' Dell, 1956 * ''Herpetopoma providentiae'' (Melvill, 1909): synonym of '' Ascetostoma providentiae'' (Melvill, 1909) * ''Herpetopoma ringens'' (Schepman, 1908): synonym of ''

Ascetostoma ringens ''Ascetostoma ringens'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ascetostoma ringens (Schepman, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...

'' (Schepman, 1908)

References

NZ Mollusca
* Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 * Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). ''All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia''. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
Herbert D.G. (2012) A revision of the Chilodontidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) of southern Africa and the south-western Indian Ocean. African Invertebrates, 53(2): 381–502
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