Dendropoma
Genus of gastropods
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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.
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| Dendropoma petraeum | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Vermetidae |
| Subfamily: | Dendrioimatinae |
| Genus: | Dendropoma Mörch, 1861 |
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Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Dendropoma :[1]
- 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 ghanaense Keen & Morton, 1960
- Dendropoma gregarium Hadfield & Kay, 1972
- Dendropoma irregulare (d’Orbigny, 1842) - irregular wormsnail
- Dendropoma lituella (Mörch, 1861) - flat wormsnail[2]
- Dendropoma marchadi Keen & Morton, 1960
- Dendropoma maximum Sowerby, 1825
- Dendropoma mejillonense Pacheco & Laudien, 2008
- Dendropoma meroclista Hadfield & Kay, 1972
- Dendropoma nebulosum (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Dendropoma planatum (Suter, 1913)
- Dendropoma psarocephala Hadfield & Kay, 1972
- Dendropoma rastrum (Mörch, 1861) - California wormsnail[2]
- 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 gregaria [sic] : synonym of Dendropoma gregarium Hadfield & Kay, 1972
- Dendropoma mejillonensis [sic]: synonym of Dendropoma mejillonense Pacheco & Laudien, 2008
- Dendropoma petraeum (Monterosato, 1884): synonym of Dendropoma cristatum (Biondi, 1857)