''Dendropoma'' is a

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of irregularly coiled

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s known as "worm shells" or "worm snails". These are marine

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s in the family

Vermetidae The Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells, are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. The shells of species in the family Vermetidae are extremely irregular, and do n ...

, the worm snails.

Species

According to the

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(WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus ''Dendropoma'' :WoRMS : Dendropoma; accessed : 19 January 2012
/ref> * '' Dendropoma andamanicum'' (Prashad & Rao, 1933) * '' Dendropoma anguliferum'' ( Monterosato, 1884) * '' Dendropoma corallinaceum'' ( Tomlin, 1939) * '' Dendropoma corrodens'' ( d’Orbigny, 1842) - ringed wormsnail * '' Dendropoma cristatum'' (Biondi-Giunti, 1859) * '' Dendropoma ghanaense'' Keen & Morton, 1960 * '' Dendropoma gregarium'' Hadfield & Kay, 1972 * '' Dendropoma irregulare'' ( d’Orbigny, 1842) - irregular wormsnail * '' Dendropoma lituella'' ( Mörch, 1861) - flat wormsnailITIS : Dendropoma; accessed : 17 September 2010
/ref> * '' Dendropoma marchadi'' Keen & Morton, 1960 * '' Dendropoma maximum'' Sowerby, 1825 * '' Dendropoma mejillonense'' Pacheco & Laudien, 2008 * '' Dendropoma meroclista'' Hadfield & Kay, 1972 * '' Dendropoma nebulosum'' ( Dillwyn, 1817) * '' Dendropoma planatum'' (

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, 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 gregaria'' ic: synonym of ''Dendropoma gregarium'' Hadfield & Kay, 1972 * ''Dendropoma mejillonensis'' ic synonym of ''Dendropoma mejillonense'' Pacheco & Laudien, 2008 * ''Dendropoma petraeum'' ( Monterosato, 1884): synonym of ''Dendropoma cristatum'' (Biondi, 1857)

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 Vermetidae {{Vermetidae-stub