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Dendropoma 
Dendropoma petraeum Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade LittorinimorphaSuperfamily: Vermetoidea Family: Vermetidae Subfamily: Dendropomatinae Genus: Dendropoma
Mörch, 1861Species See text.
Synonyms[1] Siphonium Gray, 1850
Dendropoma is a genus of irregularly-coiled sea snails known as "worm shells" or "worm snails". These are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Dendropoma :[1]
- Dendropoma anguliferum (Monterosato, 1884)
- Dendropoma corallinaceum (Tomlin, 1939)
- Dendropoma corrodens (d'Orbigny, 1842) - ringed wormsnail
- Dendropoma exsertum (Dall, 1881)
- Dendropoma ghanaense Keen & Morton, 1960
- Dendropoma irregulare (d'Orbigny, 1842) - irregular wormsnail
- Dendropoma lituella (Mörch, 1861) - flat wormsnail [2]
- Dendropoma marchadi Keen & Morton, 1960
- Dendropoma maximum Sowerby, 1825
- Dendropoma mejillonensis Pacheco & Laudien, 2008
- Dendropoma nebulosum (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Dendropoma petraeum (Monterosato, 1884)
- Dendropoma rastrum (Mörch, 1861) - California wormsnail [2]
- Dendropoma squamifera Ponder, 1967[citation needed]
- Dendropoma tholia Keen & Morton, 1960
References
External links
- "Dendropoma". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=71346.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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