Biology:Thylacodes squamigerus

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Thylacodes squamigerus
Serpulorbis squamigerus.jpg
A view of the shell of a live Thylacodes squamigerus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Vermetidae
Genus: Thylacodes
Species:
T. squamigerus
Binomial name
Thylacodes squamigerus
(Carpenter, 1856)

Thylacodes squamigerus, common name the scaled wormsnail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails. This species was previously known as Serpulorbis squamigerus.[1]

This worm snail lives along the Pacific coast of North America, south of Monterey.[2] This species is often cemented into colonies and is a uniquely sedentary snail.[2] It has no operculum.

References

  1. Bieler, R. "Thylacodes squamigerus (Carpenter, 1857)". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=709499. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Russo, Ron; Olhausen, Pam (1981) (in en-us). Pacific Intertidal Life: A guide to organisms of rocky reefs and tide pools of the Pacific Coast. AdventureKEEN. pp. 21. ISBN 978-0-912550-32-9. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14491801 entry