Depressipoma pentegoniostoma explained

Depressipoma pentegoniostoma is a species of small sea snail with calcareous opercula, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Colloniidae.^{[1] [2]}

Description

(Original description in Latin) The subdiscoidal shell is small and somewhat solid. It is white in color. The shell contains 5 whorls, the last two being typical. The shell is encircled by five keels: one on the spire, a very prominent one at the periphery, faintly undulated with obscure tubercles, one on the base, and two below the large umbilicus. The entire surface is finely and densely striated transversely. The circular aperture is slightly detached and angular due to the keels.^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea, Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf.

External links

• Adams . H. . Descriptions of seventeen new species of land and marine shells. . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . 1873 . 1873 . 206 .
• Sabelli . S. . The "Bothropoma" species in the Red Sea. . Bollettino Malacologico . 2023 . 59 . 2 . 215 .
• Biolib.cz: image

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Depressipoma pentegoniostoma (P. P. Carpenter, 1856). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1721041 on 2024-09-15
2. Bosch D.T., Dance S.P., Moolenbeek R.G. & Oliver P.G. (1995) Seashells of eastern Arabia. Dubai: Motivate Publishing. 296 pp.
3. Carpenter . P.P. . Description of new species and varieties of Calyptraeidae, Trochidae, and Pyramidellidae, principally in the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. . Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . 1856 . 1856 . 24 . 169 . 15 September 2024.