Thylacodes squamigerus
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Thylacodes squamigerus | |
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A view of the shell of a live Thylacodes squamigerus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Vermetidae |
Genus: | Thylacodes |
Species: | T. squamigerus
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Binomial name | |
Thylacodes squamigerus (Carpenter, 1856)
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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
[edit]- ^ Bieler, R. "Thylacodes squamigerus (Carpenter, 1857)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- ^ a b Russo, Ron; Olhausen, Pam (1981). Pacific Intertidal Life: A guide to organisms of rocky reefs and tide pools of the Pacific Coast. AdventureKEEN. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-912550-32-9.