Herpetopoma benthicola: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Seguenziida
Family
Chilodontaidae
Genus
Herpetopoma
Species
Herpetopoma benthicola
Scientific Name
Herpetopoma benthicola

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Herpetopoma benthicola

Herpetopoma benthicola is a species of small marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae. Endemic to the marine waters of New Zealand, it inhabits benthic environments at continental shelf depths. It was first formally described by the New Zealand malacologist A. W. B. Powell in 1937.

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