flat wormsnail

Dendropoma lituella

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Vermetidae

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. Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Dendropoma : Dendropoma andamanicum (Prashad & Rao, 1933) Dendropoma anguliferum (Monterosato, 1884) Dendropoma corallinaceum (Tomlin, 1939) Dendropoma corrodens (d’Orbigny, 1842) - ringed wormsnail Dendropoma cristatum (Biondi-Giunti, 1859) Dendropoma gaederopi Mörch, 1861…

Distribution

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Sources and credits

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flat wormsnail

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