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Depressipoma kwajaleina

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Species of gastropod

Depressipoma kwajaleina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Colloniidae
Subfamily: Liotipomatinae
Genus: Depressipoma
Species: D. kwajaleina
Binomial name
Depressipoma kwajaleina
McLean, 2012

Depressipoma kwajaleina is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Colloniidae.

Description

The shell grows to a height of 3.2 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (February 2013)

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands.

References

  1. McLean J.H. (2012) New species and genera of colloniids from Indo-Pacific coral reefs, with the definition of a new subfamily Liotipomatinae n. subfam. (Turbinoidea, Colloniidae). Zoosystema 34(2): 343-376. (29 June 2012). World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2013-02-10.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Depressipoma kwajaleina McLean, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=605472 on 2013-02-10

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Taxon identifiers
Depressipoma kwajaleina


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