Herpetopoma
Herpetopoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs of the family Chilodontaidae.
In the past, this genus was often treated as a subgenus of Euchelus. However, this genus may prove to be a composite taxon, given the diversity of the shell forms.
Description
The shell has a turbinate-conic shape as in Euchelus. The spire is elevated. The operculum is multispiral as in a typical Trochus and with more, less rapidly expanding whorls compared with Euchelus. Species in this genus has typically two teeth, joined by a U-shaped notch, where the columella and the basal lips join.Species
Species within the genus Herpetoma include:Herpetopoma alacerrimum Dell, 1956Herpetopoma alarconi Herpetopoma annectans Herpetopoma aspersum Herpetopoma barbieri Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006Herpetopoma bellum Herpetopoma benthicola Powell, 1937Herpetopoma corallinum Jansen, 1994Herpetopoma corrugatum Herpetopoma crassilabrum Herpetopoma elevatum Jansen, 1994Herpetopoma exasperatum Herpetopoma fenestratum Herpetopoma fimbriatum Herpetopoma gemmatum Herpetopoma helix Herpetopoma hivaoaense Vilvens, 2017Herpetopoma howensis Jansen, 1994Herpetopoma instrictum- † Herpetopoma komiticum Herpetopoma larochei Herpetopoma lischkei Herpetopoma ludiviniae Herpetopoma mariae Finlay, 1930Herpetopoma naokoae Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006Herpetopoma nexus Herpetopoma norfolkense Jansen, 1994Herpetopoma pantantoi Vilvens, 2017
- † Herpetopoma parvumbilicatum Herpetopoma pauperculum Herpetopoma poichilum Vilvens, 2012Herpetopoma pruinosum Herpetopoma pumilio Herpetopoma rubrum Herpetopoma scabriusculum Herpetopoma serratocinctum Herbert, 2012Herpetopoma seychellarum Herpetopoma stictum Herbert, 2012Herpetopoma sulciferum Herpetopoma verruca Herpetopoma vitilevuense Vilvens, 2017Herpetopoma vixumbilicatum Herpetopoma xeniolum