''Siliquaria'',

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the slit worm snails, is a

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s in the family

Siliquariidae ''Siliquariidae'' is a family of sea snails with unusual, very loosely coiled shells. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha. Taxonomy The following two subfamilies In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ...

. ''Siliquaria'' is the

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of the family

. ''Siliquaria'' is considered to be an objective

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of ''

Tenagodus ''Tenagodus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Siliquariidae ''Siliquariidae'' is a family of sea snails with unusual, very loosely coiled shells. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha. ...

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Species

Species in the genus ''Siliquaria'' include: * '' Siliquaria muricata'' Born, 1780 * '' Siliquaria norai'' Bozzetti, 1998 The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also mentions the following species with names in current use ;OBIS : Siliquaria
accessed : 31 October 2010 * '' Siliquaria bernardi'' Mörch, 1860 * ''

Siliquaria chuni ''Siliquaria'', common name the slit worm snails, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Siliquariidae. ''Siliquaria'' is the type genus of the family Siliquariidae. ''Siliquaria'' is considered to be an objective s ...

'' (Thiele, 1925) * '' Siliquaria gigas'' Lesson, 1830 * '' Siliquaria reentzii'' (Mörch, 1865) * '' Siliquaria scalariformis'' Mörch, 1861 ;Subgenus ''Siliquaria'' * '' Siliquaria australis'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 * '' Siliquaria encausticus'' (Mörch, 1861) * '' Siliquaria tostus'' (Mörch, 1861) ;Synonymized species : * ''Siliquaria anguina'' (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of ''

Tenagodus anguinus ''Tenagodus anguinus'' is a species of unusual sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Siliquariidae, the slit worm shells. Description The shell is thick and irregularly coiled in a gradually tapered spiral, with rather distant who ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Siliquaria armata'' Kuroda, Habe & Kosuge, 1971: synonym of '' Tenagodus armatus'' (Habe & Kosuge, 1967) * ''Siliquaria bipartita'' Martin, 1880: synonym of ''

Kuphus polythalamia ''Kuphus polythalamius'' is a species of shipworm, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Teredinidae. Description The tube of ''Kuphus polythalamius'' is known as a crypt and is a calcareous secretion designed to enable the animal to live in it ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Siliquaria cumingii'' Mörch, 1861: synonym of '' Tenagodus cumingii'' (Mörch, 1861) * ''Siliquaria lactea'' Lamarck, 1818: synonym of '' Tenagodes lacteus'' Lamarck, 1818 * ''Siliquaria limonensis'' Olsson, 1922: synonym of '' Tenagodus modestus'' (Dall, 1881) * ''Siliquaria maoria'' Powell, 1940: synonym of '' Tenagodus maoria'' (Powell, 1940) * ''Siliquaria modesta'' Dall, 1881: synonym of '' Tenagodus modestus'' (Dall, 1881) * ''Siliquaria norai'' Bozzetti, 1998: synonym of '' Tenagodus norai'' (Bozzetti, 1998) * ''Siliquaria ponderosa'' Mörch, 1861: synonym of '' Tenagodus ponderosus'' (Mörch, 1861) * ''Siliquaria sculpturata'' Gabb, 1881: synonym of '' Tenagodus squamatus'' (Blainville, 1827) * ''Siliquaria senegalensis'' (Mörch, 1860): synonym of '' Tenagodus senegalensis'' (Récluz in Mörch, 1860) * ''Siliquaria squamata'' Blainville, 1827: synonym of '' Tenagodus squamatus'' (Blainville, 1827) * ''Siliquaria tahitensis'' (Mörch, 1861): synonym of '' Tenagodus tahitensis'' Mörch, 1861 * ''Siliquaria trochlearis'' ( Mörch, 1860): synonym of '' Tenagodes trochlearis'' (Mörch, 1861) * ''Siliquaria weldii'' Tenison Woods, 1876: synonym of '' Tenagodus weldii'' Tenison-Woods, 1876

References

* Bruguière, Léon G. 1789. ''Encyclopédie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des Vers''. Volume 1. 1-344. Panckouche & Plomteux. A. Bul. Paris & Liege. page(s): p.xv * Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp
Bieler, R., 1992 ''Tenagodus or Siliquaria? Unravelling taxonomic confusion in marine "worm-snails" (Cerithioidea: Siliquariidae).'' Nautilus 106, 1: 15-20. page(s): 15

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