Homalopoma sangarense is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.[1]

Homalopoma sangarense
Original drawing of the shell of Homalopoma sangarense
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H. sangarense
Binomial name
Homalopoma sangarense
(Schrenck, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Leptothyra sangarensis Schrenck, 1862
  • Turbo corallinus Reeve
  • Turbo sangarensis Schrenck, 1867

Description edit

The height of the shell varies between 7 mm and 10 mm. The median teeth of the radula are oval, wide, with a narrow projection above, and more or less narrowed toward the base. The upper margin is in no case reflected, so that cusp, cutting point or edge, in any usual sense, there is none.

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs off Vietnam, Korea, North Japan and Sakhalin

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External links edit

  • "Homalopoma sangarense". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.