Dendropoma corrodens

Dendropoma corrodens is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.[1]

Dendropoma corrodens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Vermetoidea
Family:
Vermetidae
Subfamily:
Dendropomatinae
Genus:
Dendropoma
Species:
D. corrodens
Binomial name
Dendropoma corrodens
(d’Orbigny, 1841)

Description

The shell of this cemented species is usually not straight but coiled in one loose and irregular coil, however, the maximum recorded shell length is 10 mm.[2]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth is 0 m; maximum recorded depth is 0 m.[2]

References
  1. Dendropoma corrodens (d’Orbigny, 1841). WoRMS (2010). Dendropoma corrodens (d’Orbigny, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419547 on 9 July 2010 .
  2. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.


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