Bothropoma pilula
| Bothropoma pilula | |
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| A shell of Bothropoma pilula | |
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| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda
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| Superfamily: | Phasianelloidea
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| Species: | B. pilula
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| Binomial name | |
| Bothropoma pilula (Dunker, 1860)
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Bothropoma pilula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[2]
Description[]
The shell grows to a size of 5 mm.
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Distribution[]
This marine species occurs off South Japan, China and the Philippines. It has also been recorded in the Red Sea.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Rusmore-Villaume, m.l. (2008): Seashells of the Egyptian Red Sea: The illustrated Handbook. – XI + 307 pp., American Univ. in Cairo Press.
- ^ a b Bothropoma pilula (Dunker, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
- Dudgeon, D.; Morton, B. (1982). The coral associated Mollusca of Tolo Harbour and Channel, Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 2: 627–650.
- Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp
- Zuschin, M., Janssen, R. & Baal, C. (2009). Gastropods and their habitats from the northern Red Sea (Egypt: Safaga). Part 1: Patellogastropoda, Vetigastropoda and Cycloneritimorpha. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 111[A]: 73–158. page(s): 106
External links[]
- "Bothropoma pilula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
Categories:
- Colloniidae
- Gastropods described in 1860
- Colloniidae stubs