''Thylaeodus semisurrectus'' is a
species
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of
sea snail, a
marine gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...
in the
family
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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 ...
, the worm snails or worm shells.
[MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Thylaeodus semisurrectus (Bivona-Bernardi, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=710066 on 2019-03-03]
Description
Distribution
References
External links
Bivona-Bernardi Ant. (1832). Caratteri dei vermeti desunti da cinque specie che abitano nel mare di Palermo. Effemeride Scientifiche e Letterarie per la Sicilia 1: 59-62Aradas A. & Benoit L. (1872-1876). Conchigliologia vivente marina della Sicilia. Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali. (3)6: 1-113 + pl. 1-2 [1872]; 113-226 + pl. 3-4 [1874]; 227-324 + pl. 5 [1876]Monterosato T. A. (di). (1892 [25 agosto]). Monografia dei Vermeti del Mediterraneo. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana. 17: 7-48, pl. 1-7 Keen M. (1961). A proposed reclassification of the gastropod family Vermetidae. Bulletin of the British Museum, Natural History (Zoology), 7(3): 183-213, pls. 54-55
Vermetidae
Gastropods described in 1832
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