Herpetopoma benthicola is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chilodontaidae.
Shells of the species are small, solid and conic. Shells reach a height of and a width of .
The species was first described by A. W. B. Powell in 1937.
The species is endemic to New Zealand, found off the coast of ManawatÃÂwhi / Three Kings Islands and the north-eastern North Island between Cape Reinga and the Bay of Islands, at depths ranging between .