Bothropoma pilula

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

Bothropoma pilula
A shell of Bothropoma pilula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
Phasianelloidea
Family:
Colloniidae
Genus:
Bothropoma
Species:
B. pilula
Binomial name
Bothropoma pilula
(Dunker, 1860)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bothropoma cf. pilula Bosch et al., 1995
  • Bothropoma isseli Thiele, 1924 [2]
  • Leptothyra inepta (Gould, 1861)
  • Leptothyra pilula R. W. Dunker, 1860
  • Liotia pilula Dunker, 1860 (original combination)
  • Monilea inepta Gould, 1861
  • Neocollonia pilula (Dunker, 1860)
  • Neocollonia pilula pilula (Dunker, 1860)

Description

The shell grows to a size of 5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Japan, China and the Philippines. It has also been recorded in the Red Sea.[2]

References
  1. Bothropoma pilula (Dunker, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.
  2. Rusmore-Villaume, m.l. (2008): Seashells of the Egyptian Red Sea: The illustrated Handbook. – XI + 307 pp., American Univ. in Cairo Press.
  • Dudgeon, D.; Morton, B. (1982). The coral associated Mollusca of Tolo Harbour and Channel, Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 2: 627–650.
  • Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp
  • Zuschin, M., Janssen, R. & Baal, C. (2009). Gastropods and their habitats from the northern Red Sea (Egypt: Safaga). Part 1: Patellogastropoda, Vetigastropoda and Cycloneritimorpha. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 111[A]: 73–158. page(s): 106
  • "Bothropoma pilula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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