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.

Dendropoma
Dendropoma petraeum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Vermetoidea
Family:
Vermetidae
Subfamily:
Dendropomatinae
Genus:
Dendropoma

Mörch, 1861
Species

See text.

Synonyms[1]
  • Bivonia Gray, 1842
  • Siphonium Gray, 1850
  • Veristoa Iredale, 1937
  • Vermetus (Bivonia) Gray, 1842

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Dendropoma :[1]

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
  1. WoRMS : Dendropoma; accessed : 19 January 2012
  2. ITIS : Dendropoma; accessed : 17 September 2010
  • 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


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