Tenagodus anguinus

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Tenagodus anguinus
Five view of a shell of Tenagodus anguinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Siliquariidae
Genus: Tenagodus
Species:
T. anguinus
Binomial name
Tenagodus anguinus
(Linnaeus, 1758) [1]
Synonyms[1]

Serpula anguina Linnaeus, 1758
Serpula muricata Born, 1780
Serpula volvox Dillwyn, 1817
Tenagodes anguinus Linnaeus, 1758

Tenagodus anguinus is a species of unusual sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Siliquariidae, the slit worm shells.

The shell is thick and irregularly coiled in a gradually tapered spiral, with rather distant whorls. It has longitudinal ridges with spines on them throughout its length. It is generally a dirty-looking white colour, pale yellow or buff. The uncoiled length could be up to 8 inches (200 mm).[2][3]

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