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Homalopoma albidum

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Homalopoma albidum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Colloniidae
Genus: Homalopoma
Species:
H. albidum
Binomial name
Homalopoma albidum
(Dall, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Leptothyra induta var. albida Dall, 1881

Homalopoma albidum, common name the white dwarf turban, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Colloniidae.[1]

Description

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Distribution

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This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Lesser Antilles; in the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina at depths between 64 m and 1832 m.

References

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  1. ^ Homalopoma albidum (Dall, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  • Turgeon, D.D., et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 page(s): 59
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  • Dall, W. H. 1881. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean Sea, 1877–79, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer Blake. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 9: 33–144
  • "Homalopoma albidum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas