Dendropoma
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.
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| Subfamily: | Dendropomatinae |
| Genus: | Dendropoma Mörch, 1861 |
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Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Dendropoma :[1]
- 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 [2]
- 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 (Monterosato, 1884)
- Dendropoma planatum (Suter, 1913)
- Dendropoma psarocephala Hadfield & Kay, 1972
- Dendropoma rastrum (Mörch, 1861) - California wormsnail [2]
- Dendropoma rhyssoconcha Hadfield & Kay, 1972
- Dendropoma squamiferum Ponder, 1967
- Dendropoma tholia Keen & Morton, 1960
- Species brought into synonymy
- Dendropoma annulatus auct.: synonym of Dendropoma corrodens (d’Orbigny, 1841)
- Dendropoma cristatum (Biondi, 1857): synonym of Dendropoma petraeum (Monterosato, 1884)
- Dendropoma gregaria [sic] : synonym of Dendropoma gregarium Hadfield & Kay, 1972
- Dendropoma mejillonensis [sic]: synonym of Dendropoma mejillonense Pacheco & Laudien, 2008
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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). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. 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
- "Dendropoma". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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