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Dendropoma is a genus of irregularly coiled sea snails known as "worm shells" or "worm snails". These are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails.
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- ↑ Dendropoma corallinaceus Keen & Morton . WoRMS (2009). Dendropoma corallinaceus Keen & Morton. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207903 on 9 July 2010 .
- 1 2 Branch, G. (2017). Two Oceans: A guide to the marine life of southern Africa. Penguin Random House South Africa. p. 80-PA1. ISBN 978-1-77584-278-1 . Retrieved 2022-01-01.