Homalopoma albidum, common name the white dwarf turban, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Colloniidae.[1]
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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 |
| Genus: | Homalopoma |
| Species: | H. albidum
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| Binomial name | |
| Homalopoma albidum (Dall, 1881)
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Description
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Distribution
editThis 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
edit- ^ 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
External links
edit- 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