Herpetopoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs of the family Chilodontaidae.Bouchet, P. (2010). Herpetopoma Pilsbry, 1890. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391155 on 25 March 2013
In the past, this genus was often treated as a subgenus of Euchelus. However, this genus may prove to be a composite taxon, given the diversity of the shell forms.
Description The shell has a turbinate-conic shape as in Euchelus. The spire is elevated. The operculum is multispiral as in a typical Trochus and with more, less rapidly expanding whorls compared with Euchelus.Tryon (1889), Manual of Conchology XI, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia Species in this genus has typically two teeth, joined by a U-shaped notch, where the columella and the basal lips join.
Species Species within the genus Herpetoma include:
Herpetopoma alacerrimum Dell, 1956 Herpetopoma alarconi (Rehder, 1980) Herpetopoma annectans (Tate, 1893) Herpetopoma aspersum (Philippi, 1846) Herpetopoma barbieri Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006 Herpetopoma bellum (Hutton, 1873) Herpetopoma benthicola Powell, 1937 Herpetopoma corallinum Jansen, 1994 Herpetopoma corrugatum (Pease, 1861) Herpetopoma crassilabrum (G. B. Sowerby III, 1905) Herpetopoma elevatum Jansen, 1994 Herpetopoma exasperatum (A. Adams, 1853) Herpetopoma fenestratum (Tate, 1893) Herpetopoma fimbriatum (Pease, 1861) Herpetopoma gemmatum (Gould, 1845) Herpetopoma helix (Barnard, 1964) Herpetopoma hivaoaense Vilvens, 2017 Herpetopoma howensis Jansen, 1994 Herpetopoma instrictum (Gould, 1849) † Herpetopoma komiticum (Laws, 1939) Herpetopoma larochei (Powell, 1926) Herpetopoma lischkei (Pilsbry, 1904) Herpetopoma ludiviniae (Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006) Herpetopoma mariae Finlay, 1930 Herpetopoma naokoae Poppe, Tagaro & Dekker, 2006 Herpetopoma nexus (Bozzetti, 2014) Herpetopoma norfolkense Jansen, 1994 Herpetopoma pantantoi Vilvens, 2017 † Herpetopoma parvumbilicatum (Laws, 1939) Herpetopoma pauperculum (Lischke, 1872) Herpetopoma poichilum Vilvens, 2012 Herpetopoma pruinosum (Marshall, 1979) Herpetopoma pumilio (Tate, 1893) Herpetopoma rubrum (A. Adams, 1853) Herpetopoma scabriusculum (A. Adams & Angas, 1867) Herpetopoma serratocinctum Herbert, 2012 Herpetopoma seychellarum (G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1869) Herpetopoma stictum Herbert, 2012 Herpetopoma sulciferum (A. Adams, 1853) Herpetopoma verruca (Gould, 1861) Herpetopoma vitilevuense Vilvens, 2017 Herpetopoma vixumbilicatum (Tate, 1893) Herpetopoma xeniolum (Melvill, 1918)
Species brought into synonymy Herpetopoma aspersa [sic]: synonym of Herpetopoma aspersum (Philippi, 1846) (incorrect gender ending) Herpetopoma atratum (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Euchelus atratus (Gmelin, 1791) Herpetopoma bella [sic]: synonym of Herpetopoma bellum (Hutton, 1873) Herpetopoma clathratum (A. Adams, 1853): synonym of Vaceuchelus clathratus (A. Adams, 1853) Herpetopoma eboreum Vilvens & Heros, 2003: synonym of Herpetopoma xeniolum (Melvill, 1918) Herpetopoma fischeri (Montrouzier [in Souverbie & Montrouzier], 1866): synonym of Herpetopoma exasperatum (A. Adams, 1853) Herpetopoma foveolatum (A. Adams, 1851): synonym of Vaceuchelus foveolatus (A. Adams, 1853) Herpetopoma larochei alacerrima Dell, 1956: synonym of Herpetopoma alacerrimum Dell, 1956 Herpetopoma providentiae (Melvill, 1909): synonym of Ascetostoma providentiae (Melvill, 1909) Herpetopoma ringens (Schepman, 1908): synonym of Ascetostoma ringens (Schepman, 1908)
References
NZ Mollusca Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp