Tenagodus anguinus

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

Tenagodus anguinus
Five view of a shell of Tenagodus anguinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
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

Description

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]

Distribution

Tenagodus anguinus is found in the Indian Ocean including around Madagascar.[1][3]

References
  1. Decock, Wim (2010). "Tenagodus anguinus (Linnaeus, 1758)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
  2. Siliquaria anguina BioSearch. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
  3. Dillwyn, Lewis Weston. A descriptive catalogue of recent shells. Google Books. p. 1080.
  • Born I. von (1780). Testacea Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis (...). Kraus, Vienna pp. XXXVI + 442 + 18 pl: page(s): 440
  • Dillwyn, L. W. 1817. A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London: John and Arthur Arch. Vol. 2:581-1092 + index [29 pp.]. page(s): 1079, 1080
  • Tryon, G. W. 1886. Naticidae, Calyptraeidae, Pyramidellidae. Manual of Conchology 8. Philadelphia. page(s): 256
  • Hartman, Olga 1959. Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation, 23: 628pp
  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp
  • Bieler R. 2004. Sanitation with sponge and plunger: western Atlantic slit-wormsnails (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Siliquariidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 140(3): 307-333.
  • Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
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