Dendropoma

Dendropoma
Dendropoma petraeum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Vermetoidea
Family: Vermetidae
Subfamily: Dendropomatinae
Genus: Dendropoma
Mörch, 1861
Species

See text.

Synonyms[1]

Siphonium Gray, 1850

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 :[1]

Species brought into synonymy

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