Herpetopoma xeniolum

Herpetopoma xeniolum

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Seguenzioidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Vetigastropoda
Ordo: Seguenziida
Superfamilia: Seguenzioidea

Familia: Chilodontidae
Genus: Herpetopoma
Species: Herpetopoma xeniolum

Name

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  • Herpetopoma xeniolum (Melvill, 1918: 154, pl. 5, fig. 27)
Holotype: NHMUK (1921.1.28.30).
Type locality: Chabar, Gulf of Oman [= Chah Bahar, Iran], 5 fath. [-9 m] (Townsend).

Mentions

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  • Euchelus xeniolum Melvill 1918: 154, pl. 5, fig. 27.
  • Turcica (Perrinia) waiwailevensis Ladd 1982: 23, pl. 24, figs 10–13. Type loc.: Station C2026, Viti Levu, Fiji; Pliocene. Syn. n.
  • Herpetopoma eboreum Vilvens & Héros, 2003: 61, figs 1–4; Poppe et al., 2006: 36, pl. 10, fig. 2; Poppe & Tagaro, 2008: 174, pl. 32, fig. 1. Type loc.: Touho Pass, Touho area, New Caledonia, -50–62 m. Syn. n.
  • Euchelus townsendianus [non Melvill & Standen, 1903]: Jay 2009.
  • Herpetopoma xeniolum Herbert, 2012: 444, figs. 36–38

References

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  • Melvill, J.C., 1918: Descriptions of thirty-four new species of marine Mollusca from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and Arabian Sea, collected by Mr F.W. Townsend. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 9 1: 137–158.

  • 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.