Thylacodes squamigerus
Thylacodes squamigerus, common name the scaled wormsnail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails. This species was previously known as Serpulorbis squamigerus.[1]
| Thylacodes squamigerus | |
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| A view of the shell of a live Thylacodes squamigerus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Vermetidae |
| Genus: | Thylacodes |
| Species: | T. squamigerus |
| Binomial name | |
| Thylacodes squamigerus (Carpenter, 1856) | |
This worm snail lives in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
This species is often cemented into colonies. It has no operculum.
References
- Bieler, R. "Thylacodes squamigerus (Carpenter, 1857)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
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