Herpetopoma xeniolum

Herpetopoma xeniolum

Taxonavigation

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

• 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

• 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

• 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.

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• 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.