Homalopoma quantillum

Homalopoma quantillum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Phasianelloidea
Family:	Colloniidae
Genus:	Homalopoma
Species:	H. quantillum
Binomial name
	Homalopoma quantillum; Gould, 1861
Synonyms
	Collonia quantilla Gould, 1861; Leptothyra quantilla (Gould, 1861);

Homalopoma quantillum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.^[2]

Subspecies

Homalopoma quantillum carmineum (Bartsch, 1915)
Homalopoma quantillum quantillum (Gould, 1861)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 2 mm and 3.5 mm. It is a small, rose-colored, solid shell with a depressed-orbicular shape. it contains four whorls. The aperture is circular. The outer lip is thick. The columella has a strong slope. The periphery of the base is blunt.^[3]

Distribution

This marine species has been found off Jeffrey's Bay, South Africa

References

^ Gould, Proc. Bost. Soc. VIII, p. 22
^ Homalopoma quantillum Gould, 1861. 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 in Latin as Collonia quantilla)

Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 48

External links

"Homalopoma quantillum quantillum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

[1] Gould, Proc. Bost. Soc. VIII, p. 22

[WoRMS-2] Homalopoma quantillum Gould, 1861. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.

[3] G.W. Tryon (1888), Manual of Conchology X; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (described in Latin as Collonia quantilla)

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