Homalopoma sanguineum
| Homalopoma sanguineum | |
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| A shell of Homalopoma sanguineum | |
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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| Superfamily: | Phasianelloidea |
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| Species: | H. sanguineum
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| Homalopoma sanguineum (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Homalopoma sanguineum is a
Description
The shell is very small, its length measuring 3.5 – 4 mm and it is 6.5 mm wide. The small, very solid, shell has a depressed, orbicular shape with a conic spire. The 4½-5
peristome is rather thick, its ends not converging. The columella is short, slightly arcuate, thick and heavy. It terminates below in an obtuse tubercle. The base of the deep crimson aperture bears sometimes an inconspicuous dentiform callus at its margin.[2]
Habitat and distribution
This herbivorous snail lives on rocks and other surfaces in the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. It feeds on algae.
References
- ^ a b Homalopoma sanguineum (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described as Leptothyra sanguinea)
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
External links
- "Homalopoma sanguineum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.