''Homalopoma rubidum'' is a
species of small
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
with
calcareous opercula, a
marine
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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 comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family 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 ...
.
[WoRMS (2012). ''Homalopoma rubidum'' (Dall, 1908). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=575006 on 2013-02-10][Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.]
Description
The shell grows to a height of 10 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off
Panama.
References
External links
World Register of Marine Species*
Colloniidae
Gastropods described in 1908
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