Erect wormsnail

Petaloconchus erectus

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Vermetidae

Petaloconchus erectus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells. Description The maximum recorded shell length is 40 mm. Habitat Minimum recorded depth is 2 m.

Distribution

Erect wormsnail — (c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Thomas Irvine · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United Kingdom · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Thomas Irvine, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Thomas Irvine · CC-BY DescriptionPetaloconchus erectus, Wikipedia contributors

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