Bothropoma pilula
Bothropoma pilula | |
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Two views of a shell of Bothropoma pilula | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Phasianelloidea |
Family: | Colloniidae |
Genus: | Bothropoma |
Species: | B. pilula |
Binomial name | |
Bothropoma pilula (Dunker, 1860) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Bothropoma pilula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[1]
Description
The shell grows to a size of 5 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off South Japan, China and the Philippines. It has also been recorded in the Red Sea. [2]
References
- 1 2 Bothropoma pilula (Dunker, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
- 1 2 Rusmore-Villaume, m.l. (2008): Seashells of the Egyptian Red Sea: The illustrated Handbook. – XI + 307 pp., American Univ. in Cairo Press.
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