Tenagodus barbadensis

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Tenagodus barbadensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Siliquariidae
Genus: Tenagodus
Species:
T. barbadensis
Binomial name
Tenagodus barbadensis
Bieler, 2004 [1]

Tenagodus barbadensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Siliquariidae. [2]

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Distribution

They occur off the coasts of Barbados. [1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 48.9 mm. [3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 101 m. [3] Maximum recorded depth is 101 m. [3]

It lives as an obligatory commensal on certain species of sponges from families Halichondriidae and Thrombidae. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bieler R. (2004). "Sanitation with sponge and plunger: western Atlantic slit-wormsnails (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Siliquariidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 140(3): 307–333. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2003.00104.x.
  2. ↑ Tenagodus barbadensis Bieler, 2004 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 May 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 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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