Dendropoma Explained

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 :^[1]

• 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^[2]
• 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). . 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

• • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979

Notes and References

1. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138649 WoRMS : Dendropoma; accessed : 19 January 2012
2. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=71346 ITIS : Dendropoma; accessed : 17 September 2010