Dendropoma corrodens

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Dendropoma corrodens
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Vermetidae
Genus: Dendropoma
Species:
D. corrodens
Binomial name
Dendropoma corrodens
(d’Orbigny, 1841)

Dendropoma corrodens is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells. [1]

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Distribution

Found in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. [1]

Description

The shell of this cemented species is usually not straight but coiled in one loose and irregular coil, however, the maximum recorded shell length is 10 mm. [2]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth is 0 m; maximum recorded depth is 0 m. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Dendropoma corrodens (d’Orbigny, 1841) . WoRMS (2010). Dendropoma corrodens (d’Orbigny, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419547 on 9 July 2010 .
  2. 1 2 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0008776 .
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