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West-Indian Wormsnail

Vermicularia spirata

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Vermicularia spirata, common name the West Indian worm-shell or the West Indian wormsnail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Turritellidae. Juveniles can move around, but larger individuals become sessile. Distribution Vermicularia spirata occurs in shallow water in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

Distribution

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United States of America · 8Cuba · 1United Kingdom · 1