''Siliquaria'',

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the slit worm snails, is a

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sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

s, marine

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s in the family

Siliquariidae ''Siliquariidae'' is a family (biology), family of sea snails with unusual, very loosely coiled shells. These are marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily (taxonomy), superfamily Cerithioidea. Taxonomy The following two sub ...

. ''Siliquaria'' is the

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of the family

. ''Siliquaria'' is considered to be an objective

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of ''

Tenagodus ''Tenagodus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Siliquariidae. Species Species within the genus ''Tenagodus'' include: * ''Tenagodus anguinus ''Tenagodus anguinus'' is a species of unusual sea snail, a mari ...

'' Guettard, 1770 in

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Species

Species in the genus ''Siliquaria'' include: * '' Siliquaria muricata'' Born, 1780 * '' Siliquaria norai'' Bozzetti, 1998 The Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database also mentions the following species with names in current use ;OBIS : Siliquaria
accessed : 31 October 2010 * '' Siliquaria bernardi'' Mörch, 1860 * '' Siliquaria chuni'' (Thiele, 1925) * '' Siliquaria gigas'' Lesson, 1830 * '' Siliquaria reentzii'' (Mörch, 1865) * '' Siliquaria scalariformis'' Mörch, 1861 ;Subgenus ''Siliquaria'' * '' Siliquaria australis'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 * '' Siliquaria encausticus'' (Mörch, 1861) * '' Siliquaria tostus'' (Mörch, 1861) ;Synonymized species : * ''Siliquaria anguina'' (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of ''

Tenagodus anguinus ''Tenagodus anguinus'' is a species of unusual sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Siliquariidae, the slit worm shells. Description The shell is thick and irregularly coiled in a gradually tapered spiral, with rather distant who ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Siliquaria armata'' Kuroda, Habe & Kosuge, 1971: synonym of '' Tenagodus armatus'' (Habe & Kosuge, 1967) * ''Siliquaria bipartita'' Martin, 1880: synonym of ''

Kuphus polythalamia ''Kuphus polythalamius'' (known as giant ''tamilok'') is a species of shipworm, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Teredinidae. Description The tube of ''Kuphus polythalamius'' is known as a crypt and is a calcareous secretion designed to e ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Siliquaria cumingii'' Mörch, 1861: synonym of '' Tenagodus cumingii'' (Mörch, 1861) * ''Siliquaria lactea'' Lamarck, 1818: synonym of ''

Tenagodes lacteus ''Tenagodes lacteus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Siliquariidae ''Siliquariidae'' is a family (biology), family of sea snails with unusual, very loosely coiled shells. These are marine (ocean), marine ...

'' Lamarck, 1818 * ''Siliquaria limonensis'' Olsson, 1922: synonym of '' Tenagodus modestus'' (Dall, 1881) * ''Siliquaria maoria'' Powell, 1940: synonym of '' Tenagodus maoria'' (Powell, 1940) * ''Siliquaria modesta'' Dall, 1881: synonym of '' Tenagodus modestus'' (Dall, 1881) * ''Siliquaria norai'' Bozzetti, 1998: synonym of '' Tenagodus norai'' (Bozzetti, 1998) * ''Siliquaria ponderosa'' Mörch, 1861: synonym of '' Tenagodus ponderosus'' (Mörch, 1861) * ''Siliquaria sculpturata'' Gabb, 1881: synonym of '' Tenagodus squamatus'' (Blainville, 1827) * ''Siliquaria senegalensis'' (Mörch, 1860): synonym of '' Tenagodus senegalensis'' (Récluz in Mörch, 1860) * ''Siliquaria squamata'' Blainville, 1827: synonym of '' Tenagodus squamatus'' (Blainville, 1827) * ''Siliquaria tahitensis'' (Mörch, 1861): synonym of '' Tenagodus tahitensis'' Mörch, 1861 * ''Siliquaria trochlearis'' ( Mörch, 1860): synonym of ''

Tenagodes trochlearis ''Tenagodes'' is a genus of sea snails with irregularly coiled shells, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Siliquariidae ''Siliquariidae'' is a family (biology), family of sea snails with unusual, very loosely coiled shells. These are ma ...

'' (Mörch, 1861) * ''Siliquaria weldii'' Tenison Woods, 1876: synonym of '' Tenagodus weldii'' Tenison-Woods, 1876

References

* Bruguière, Léon G. 1789. ''Encyclopédie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des Vers''. Volume 1. 1–344. Panckouche & Plomteux. A. Bul. Paris & Liege. page(s): p.xv * Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp
Bieler, R., 1992 ''Tenagodus or Siliquaria? Unravelling taxonomic confusion in marine "worm-snails" (Cerithioidea: Siliquariidae).'' Nautilus 106, 1: 15-20. page(s): 15

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