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.
Species According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Dendropoma :WoRMS : Dendropoma; accessed : 19 January 2012 Dendropoma andamanicum (Prashad & Rao, 1933) Dendropoma anguliferum (Monterosato, 1884) Dendropoma corallinaceum (Tomlin, 1939) Dendropoma corrodens (d’Orbigny, 1842) - ringed wormsnail Dendropoma cristatum (Biondi-Giunti, 1859) Dendropoma gaederopi Mörch, 1861 Dendropoma ghanaense Keen & Morton, 1960 Dendropoma gregarium Hadfield & Kay, 1972 Dendropoma irregulare (d’Orbigny, 1842) - irregular wormsnail Dendropoma lituella (Mörch, 1861) - flat wormsnailITIS : Dendropoma; accessed : 17 September 2010 Dendropoma marchadi Keen & Morton, 1960 Dendropoma maximum Sowerby I, 1825 Dendropoma mejillonense Pacheco & Laudien, 2008 Dendropoma meroclista Hadfield & Kay, 1972 Dendropoma nebulosum (Dillwyn, 1817) Dendropoma planatum (Suter, 1913) Dendropoma psarocephala Hadfield & Kay, 1972 Dendropoma rastrum (Mörch, 1861) - California wormsnail Dendropoma rhyssoconcha Hadfield & Kay, 1972 Dendropoma squamiferum Ponder, 1967 Dendropoma tholia Keen & Morton, 1960
Species brought into synonymy Dendropoma annulatus auct.: synonym of Dendropoma corrodens (d’Orbigny, 1841) Dendropoma gregaria [sic] : synonym of Dendropoma gregarium Hadfield & Kay, 1972 Dendropoma mejillonensis [sic]: synonym of Dendropoma mejillonense Pacheco & Laudien, 2008 Dendropoma petraeum (Monterosato, 1884): synonym of Dendropoma cristatum (Biondi, 1857)
References
Dautzenberg, P. (1923). Liste préliminaire des mollusques marins de Madagascar et description de deux especes nouvelles. Journal de Conchyliologie 68: 21-74 Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp Calvo M., Templado J. & Penchaszadeh P.E. (1998). Reproductive biology of the gregarious Mediterranean vermetid gastropod Dendropoma petraeum. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 78: 525-549 Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213 Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp
External links
Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979