Herpetopoma pauperculum

Herpetopoma pauperculum
	Drawing of a shell of Herpetopoma pauperculum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Seguenzioidea
Family:	Chilodontaidae
Genus:	Herpetopoma
Species:	H. pauperculum
Binomial name
	Herpetopoma pauperculum; (Lischke, 1872)
Synonyms
	Trochus pauperculus Lischke, 1872 (original combination);

Herpetopoma pauperculum is a

Chilodontidae.^[2]^[3]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 4 mm and 8 mm. The small, solid, thick, imperforate shell has a conical shape. It is white, spotted on theribs with blackish-brown. The spire is conical. The sutures are slightly channelled. The five, convex whorls are, encircled by strong spiral ribs, the interstices clathrate, pitted by longitudinal lamellae. The spiral ribs number 3 to 5 on the penultimate, 8 or 9 on the body whorl. The rounded aperture is thickened and crenulate inside. The columella is straight, broad, and not toothed.

This marine species occurs off Japan and Korea.

^ Lischke, Mai. Blatter xix, p. 105 (June, 1872)
^ ^a ^b Bouchet, P. (2012). Herpetopoma pauperculum (Lischke, 1872). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596730 on 2013-04-14
^ Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.