Homalopoma linnei

Homalopoma linnei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Trochida
Superfamily:	Trochoidea
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. It is a species that belong to the Homalopoma genus. Its original name is Leptothyra linnei Dall, 1889.^[3]

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.
^ "World Register of Marine Species". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 13 April 2019.

External links

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

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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.

[3] "World Register of Marine Species". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 13 April 2019.

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