• Source: 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.




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 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
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
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




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

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Dendropoma
• Dendropoma anguliferum
• Dendropoma nebulosum
• Dendropoma mejillonensis
• Dendropoma exsertum
• Dendropoma maximum
• Dendropoma squamiferum
• Dendropoma corrodens
• Dendropoma corallinaceum
• Dendropoma tholia