''Siliquaria'',

common name In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often contra ...

the slit worm snails, is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of sea snails,

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gastropod molluscs in the family

Siliquariidae ''Siliquariidae'' is a family of sea snails with unusual, very loosely coiled shells. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha. Taxonomy The following two subfamilies In biological classification, a subfamily (Lat ...

. ''Siliquaria'' is the

type genus In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name. Zoological nomenclature According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nomina ...

of the family

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

synonym A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are al ...

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'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Tenagodus armatus'' (Habe & Kosuge, 1967) ...

'' 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 ''Siliquaria'', common name the slit worm snails, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Siliquariidae. ''Siliquaria'' is the type genus of the family Siliquariidae. ''Siliquaria'' is considered to be an objectiv ...

'' 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 w ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Siliquaria armata'' Kuroda, Habe & Kosuge, 1971: synonym of ''

Tenagodus armatus ''Tenagodus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Siliquariidae. Species Species within the genus ''Tenagodus'' include: * ''Tenagodus anguinus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Tenagodus armatus'' (Habe & Kosuge, 1967) * ...

'' (Habe & Kosuge, 1967) * ''Siliquaria bipartita'' Martin, 1880: synonym of ''

Kuphus polythalamia ''Kuphus polythalamius'' 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 enable the animal to live in ...

'' (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 of sea snails with unusual, very loosely coiled shells. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the clade ...

'' 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 ''Tenagodus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Siliquariidae. Species Species within the genus ''Tenagodus'' include: * ''Tenagodus anguinus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Tenagodus armatus'' (Habe & Kosuge, 1967) * ...

'' (Bozzetti, 1998) * ''Siliquaria ponderosa'' Mörch, 1861: synonym of '' Tenagodus ponderosus'' (Mörch, 1861) * ''Siliquaria sculpturata'' Gabb, 1881: synonym of ''

Tenagodus squamatus ''Tenagodus squamatus'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Siliquariidae. Distribution Description The maximum recorded shell Shell may refer to: Architecture and design * Shell (structure), a thin str ...

'' (Blainville, 1827) * ''Siliquaria senegalensis'' (Mörch, 1860): synonym of ''

Tenagodus senegalensis ''Tenagodus senegalensis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Siliquariidae ''Siliquariidae'' is a family of sea snails with unusual, very loosely coiled shells. These are marine gastropod molluscs in th ...

'' (Récluz in Mörch, 1860) * ''Siliquaria squamata'' Blainville, 1827: synonym of ''

'' (Blainville, 1827) * ''Siliquaria tahitensis'' (Mörch, 1861): synonym of ''

Tenagodus tahitensis ''Tenagodus'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Siliquariidae. Species Species within the genus ''Tenagodus'' include: * ''Tenagodus anguinus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Tenagodus armatus'' (Habe & Kosuge, 1967) * ...

'' Mörch, 1861 * ''Siliquaria trochlearis'' ( Mörch, 1860): synonym of ''

Tenagodes trochlearis ''Tenagodes'' is a genus of sea snails with irregularly coiled gastropod shell, shells, marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Siliquariidae, the slit worm snails. Species Species within the genus ''Tenagodes'' include: * ''T ...

'' (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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