''Dendropoma'' is a
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of irregularly coiled
sea snail
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s known as "worm shells" or "worm snails". These are
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gastropod
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mollusc
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s in the family
Vermetidae
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, the worm snails.
Species
According to the
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(WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus ''Dendropoma'' :
[WoRMS : Dendropoma; accessed : 19 January 2012](_blank)
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* '' Dendropoma andamanicum'' (Prashad & Rao, 1933)
* '' 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 gregarium'' Hadfield & Kay, 1972
* '' Dendropoma irregulare'' ( d’Orbigny, 1842) - irregular wormsnail
* '' Dendropoma lituella'' ( Mörch, 1861) - flat wormsnail [ITIS : Dendropoma; accessed : 17 September 2010]
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* '' Dendropoma marchadi'' Keen & Morton, 1960
* '' Dendropoma maximum'' Sowerby, 1825
* '' Dendropoma mejillonensis'' Pacheco & Laudien, 2008
* '' Dendropoma meroclista'' Hadfield & Kay, 1972
* '' Dendropoma nebulosum'' ( Dillwyn, 1817)
* ''Dendropoma petraeum
''Dendropoma petraeum'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae
The Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells, are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs i ...
'' ( Monterosato, 1884)
* '' Dendropoma planatum'' ( Suter, 1913)
* '' Dendropoma psarocephala'' Hadfield & Kay, 1972
* '' Dendropoma rastrum'' ( Mörch, 1861) - California wormsnail
References
* Dautzenberg, P. (1923). ''Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux especes nouvelles''. Journal de Conchyliologie 68: 21-74
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp
* Calvo M., Templado J. & Penchaszadeh P.E. (1998). ''Reproductive biology of the gregarious Mediterranean vermetid gastropod Dendropoma petraeum''. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 78: 525-549
* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
* Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). ''All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia''. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
External links
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* Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
Vermetidae
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