''Thylacodes'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
s in the
family
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Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells. The species in this genus were previously placed in the genus ''Serpulorbis''.
Unlike some other vermetids, the species in this genus have no
operculum.
Like other vermetids, the species in this genus do not have regular shell coiling like that of a typical
gastropod shell
The gastropod shell is part of the body of a Gastropoda, gastropod or snail, a kind of mollusc. The shell is an exoskeleton, which protects from predators, mechanical damage, and dehydration, but also serves for muscle attachment and calcium s ...
, instead they have shells which are irregular. They are usually cemented onto a hard surface. Because of all this, the shells resemble the calcareous tubes of worms in the
polychaete family
Serpulidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Thylacodes'' include:
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Thylacodes adamsii
''Thylacodes'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells. The species in this genus were previously placed in the genus ''Serpulorbis''.
Unlike some other vermetids, the species ...
''
( Mörch, 1859)
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Thylacodes aotearoicus''
(J. E. Morton, 1951)
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Thylacodes arenarius
''Thylacodes arenarius'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.
Description
Shells of ''T. arenarius'' are irregular, and can reach a length of about .
The diameter of th ...
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( Linnaeus, 1758
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Thylacodes aureus
''Thylacodes'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells. The species in this genus were previously placed in the genus ''Serpulorbis''.
Unlike ...
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(Hughes, 1978)
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Thylacodes borshenglyuhrurngae
''Thylacodes'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells. The species in this genus were previously placed in the genus ''Serpulorbis''.
Unlike some other vermetids, the species ...
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K.-Y. Lai, 2018
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Thylacodes capensis
''Thylacodes'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells. The species in this genus were previously placed in the genus ''Serpulorbis''.
Unlike some other vermetids, the species ...
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( Thiele, 1925)
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Thylacodes colubrinus
''Thylacodes colubrinus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by ...
''
( Röding, 1798)
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Thylacodes constrictor
''Thylacodes'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells. The species in this genus were previously placed in the genus ''Serpulorbis''.
Unlike some other vermetids, the species ...
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( Mörch, 1862)
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Thylacodes daidai
''Thylacodes'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells. The species in this genus were previously placed in the genus ''Serpulorbis''.
Unlike some other vermetids, the species ...
''
(Scheuwimmer & Nishiwaki, 1982)
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Thylacodes decussatus
''Thylacodes decussatus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by ...
''
(Gmelin Gmelin may refer to:
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People
* Carl Christian Gmelin (1762–1837), German botanist, author of ''Flora Badensis ...
, 1791)
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Thylacodes dentiferus
''Thylacodes'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells. The species in this genus were previously placed in the genus ''Serpulorbis''.
Unlike some other vermetids, the species ...
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( Lamarck, 1818)
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Thylacodes eruciformis
''Thylacodes'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells. The species in this genus were previously placed in the genus ''Serpulorbis''.
Unlike some other vermetids, the species ...
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( Mörch, 1862)
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Thylacodes grandis''
(Gray, 1842)
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Thylacodes hadfieldi''
(Kelly, 2007)
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Thylacodes inopertus''
(Leuckart in Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828)
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Thylacodes lamarckii''
(Vaillant, 1871)
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Thylacodes longifilis''
( Mörch, 1862)
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Thylacodes lornensis''
(Marwick, 1926) †
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Thylacodes margaritaceus''
(Rousseau in Chenu, 1844)
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Thylacodes masier''
( Deshayes, 1843)
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Thylacodes medusae''
(Pilsbry
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, 1891)
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Thylacodes megalostomus''
( Mörch, 1865)
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Thylacodes natalensis''
( Mörch, 1862)
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Thylacodes nodosorugosus''
( Lischke, 1869)
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Thylacodes novaehollandiae''
(Rousseau in Chenu, 1843)
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Thylacodes ophioides''
(P. Marshall & R. Murdoch, 1921) †
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Thylacodes oryzatus''
( Mörch, 1862)
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Thylacodes peronii''
(Rousseau in Chenu, 1844)
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Thylacodes riisei''
( Mörch, 1862)
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Thylacodes roussaei''
(Vaillant, 1871)
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Thylacodes sipho''
( Lamarck, 1818)
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Thylacodes squamigerus
''Thylacodes squamigerus'', common name the scaled wormsnail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails. This species was previously known as ''Serpulorbis squamigerus''.
This worm snail live ...
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(Carpenter
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, 1857)
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Thylacodes squamolineatus''
(Petuch, 2002)
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Thylacodes sutilis
''Thylacodes'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells. The species in this genus were previously placed in the genus ''Serpulorbis''.
Unlike some other vermetids, the species ...
''
( Mörch, 1862)
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Thylacodes trimeresurus''
(Shikama & Horikoshi, 1963)
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Thylacodes vandyensis''
(Bieler et al., 2017) Science News: 'Spiderman' worm-snails discovered on Florida shipwreck; Science Daily, 5 April 2017
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*'' Thylacodes variabilis'' (Hadfield & Kay, 1972)
*'' Thylacodes varidus'' (Okutani & Habe, 1975)
*'' Thylacodes xenophorus'' (Habe, 1961)
*'' Thylacodes yokojima'' (Shikama, 1977)
*'' Thylacodes zelandicus'' ( Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
;Synonyms:
* '' Thylacodes angulatus'' (Rousseau in Chenu, 1844) = ''Eualetes tulipa
''Eualetes tulipa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.
Description
''E. tulipa'' is a marine gastropod species of the family Vermetidae, commonly known as "worm snail ...
'' (Rousseau in Chenu, 1843)
* '' Thylacodes caperatus'' (Tate & May, 1900) = '' Petaloconchus caperatus'' (Tate & May, 1900)
* ''Thylacodes dentiferus
''Thylacodes'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells. The species in this genus were previously placed in the genus ''Serpulorbis''.
Unlike some other vermetids, the species ...
'' ( Mörch, 1859) = '' Thylacodes longifilis'' (Mörch, 1862)
* '' Thylacodes effusus'' (Valenciennes in Chenu, 1844) = ''Eualetes tulipa
''Eualetes tulipa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.
Description
''E. tulipa'' is a marine gastropod species of the family Vermetidae, commonly known as "worm snail ...
'' (Rousseau in Chenu, 1843)
* '' Thylacodes oryzata'' ( Mörch, 1862) = '' Thylacodes oryzatus'' (Mörch, 1862)
References
External links
Sasso, A. (1827). Saggio geologico sopra il Bacino terziario di Albenga. Giornale Ligustico di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, 1(5): 467–484
Carpenter, P. P. (1857). Monograph of the shells collected by T. Nuttall, Esq., on the California coast, in the years 1834–5. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1856) 24: 209-220
http://www-gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/cgi-bin/digbib.cgi?PPN483932760
Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1828). Tulaxode, Tulaxoda. p. 40. in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 56. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris, & Le Normant, Paris
Gray, J. E. (1850). [text
In: Gray, M. E., Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. Vol. 4, iv + 219 pp. (August) [Frontispiece (portrait of Mrs. Gray); pp. ii–iv (preface); 1–62 (explanation of plates 1–312 in Volumes 1–3); pp. 63–124 (systematic arrangement of figures); 127–219 (reprint of Gray 1847)]
Mörch, O. A. L. (1859). Étude sur la famille des vermets. Journal de Conchyliologie. 7: 342-360
Vermetidae
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