# Herpetopoma

Herpetopoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs of the family Chilodontaidae.
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. 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)