''Tenagodus'' is a

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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: ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Tenagodus'' include: * ''

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) * ''

Tenagodus armatus ''Tenagodus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Siliquariidae. Species Species within the genus ''Tenagodus'' include: * ''Tenagodus anguinus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Tenagodus armatus'' (Habe & Kosuge, 1967) * ' ...

'' (Habe & Kosuge, 1967) * '' Tenagodus barbadensis'' Bieler, 2004 * '' Tenagodus chuni'' (Thiele, 1925) * ''

Tenagodus cumingii ''Tenagodus cumingii'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk 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 S ...

'' (Mörch, 1861) * '' Tenagodus maoria'' (Powell, 1940) * '' Tenagodus modestus'' (Dall, 1881) * ''

Tenagodus norai ''Tenagodus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Siliquariidae. Species Species within the genus ''Tenagodus'' include: * ''Tenagodus anguinus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Tenagodus armatus'' (Habe & Kosuge, 1967) * ' ...

'' (Bozzetti, 1998) * '' Tenagodus obtusiformis'' Martin, 1905 * ''

Tenagodus obtusus ''Tenagodus obtusus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk 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 So ...

'' (Schumacher, 1817) * ''

Tenagodus ponderosus ''Tenagodus ponderosus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk 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 ...

'' (Mörch, 1861) * ''

Tenagodus senegalensis ''Tenagodus senegalensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Siliquariidae ''Siliquariidae'' is a family of sea snails with unusual, very loosely coiled shells. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the cla ...

'' (Récluz in Mörch, 1860) * ''

Tenagodus squamatus ''Tenagodus squamatus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Siliquariidae. Distribution Description The maximum recorded shell Shell may refer to: Architecture and design * Shell (structure), a thin struc ...

'' (Blainville, 1827) * ''

Tenagodus sundaensis ''Tenagodus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Siliquariidae. Species Species within the genus ''Tenagodus'' include: * ''Tenagodus anguinus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Tenagodus armatus'' (Habe & Kosuge, 1967) * '' ...

'' Dharma, 2011 * ''

Tenagodus tahitensis ''Tenagodus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Siliquariidae. Species Species within the genus ''Tenagodus'' include: * ''Tenagodus anguinus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Tenagodus armatus'' (Habe & Kosuge, 1967) * '' ...

'' Mörch, 1861 * '' Tenagodus trochlearis'' Mörch, 1861 * '' Tenagodus weldii'' Tenison-Woods, 1876 * '' Tenagodus wilmanae'' (Tomlin, 1918) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Tenagodus anguillae'' Mörch, 1861: synonym of ''Tenagodus squamatus'' (Blainville, 1827)

References

* Bruguière, Léon G. 1789. ''Encyclopedie 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. * 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 * Bieler R. 2004. ''Sanitation with sponge and plunger: western Atlantic slit-wormsnails (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Siliquariidae)''. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 140(3): 307-333. page(s): 310

External links

Bieler, R., 1992. Tenagodus or Siliquaria? Unravelling taxonomic confusion in marine "worm-snails" (Cerithioidea: Siliquariidae). The Nautilus, 106(1): 15-20 [27 February
Siliquariidae {{Siliquariidae-stub