Homalopoma linnei

Homalopoma linnei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:	Phasianelloidea
Family:	Colloniidae
Genus:	Homalopoma
Species:	H. linnei
Binomial name
	Homalopoma linnei; (Dall, 1889)
Synonyms
	Leptothyra limata Dall, 1889; Leptothyra linnei Dall, 1889;

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

Description

The shell size reaches 6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs at depths between 80 m and 1472 m in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida and in the Caribbean Sea off Cuba; off St. Lucia, Barbados; in the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.

References

^ Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,'. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40.
^ Homalopoma linnei (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 February 2013.

External links

Gastropods.com: Homalopoma linnei

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[1] Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,'. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18: 1-492, pls. 10-40.

[WoRMS-2] Homalopoma linnei (Dall, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 February 2013.

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