Depressipoma kwajaleina is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Colloniidae.[2]
| Depressipoma kwajaleina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Trochida |
| Superfamily: | Trochoidea |
| Family: | Colloniidae |
| Subfamily: | Liotipomatinae |
| Genus: | Depressipoma |
| Species: | D. kwajaleina
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| Binomial name | |
| Depressipoma kwajaleina McLean, 2012[1]
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Description
editThe shell grows to a height of 3.2 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off the Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands.
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
External links
edit- World Register of Marine Species
- "Depressipoma kwajaleina". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.