Bothropoma pilula

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
	Bothropoma cf. pilula Bosch et al., 1995; Bothropoma isseli Thiele, 1924 ; 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);

Bothropoma pilula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.^[2]

Description[edit]

The shell grows to a size of 5 mm.

This marine species occurs off South Japan, China and the Philippines. It has also been recorded in the Red Sea.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Rusmore-Villaume, m.l. (2008): Seashells of the Egyptian Red Sea: The illustrated Handbook. – XI + 307 pp., American Univ. in Cairo Press.
^ ^a ^b Bothropoma pilula (Dunker, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 April 2010.

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

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