Homalopoma

Homalopoma
Shells of Homalopoma alfi (holotype in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Colloniidae
Subfamily: Colloniinae
Genus: Homalopoma
Carpenter, 1864[1]
Type species
Turbo sanguineus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • † Homalopoma (Boutillieria) Cossmann, 1888 accepted, alternate representation
  • Homalopoma (Homalopoma) Carpenter, 1864· accepted, alternate representation
  • Leptonyx Carpenter, 1864 (junior homonym of Leptonyx Swainson, 1833 [Aves]; Homalopoma is a replacement name)
  • Leptothyra J. G. Cooper, 1867 (junior objective synonym of Homalopoma)

Homalopoma, common name the dwarf turbans, is a genus of mostly very small sea snails with a calcareous operculum, marine gastropoda molluscs in the subfamily Colloniinae of the family Colloniidae.[2]

  1. ^ Carpenter P. P. (1864). Rep. Brit. Ass. 33(1863): 537, 588, 627.
  2. ^ Gofas, S.; Bouchet, P. (2011). Homalopoma Carpenter, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138605 on 2011-03-18