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Dendropoma maximum

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Dendropoma maximum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Vermetidae
Genus: Dendropoma
Species: D. maximum
Binomial name
Dendropoma maximum
Sowerby, 1825
Synonyms

Dendropoma maximum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.

Description

These snails are sessile, although the larvae are capable of swimming to disperse, and live on coral reefs. They feed with a mucus net. Females are identifiable by a mantle slit.

Distribution

Found throughout the Indo-Pacific.

References

  1. Sowerby, G. B., I. 1825. A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville, arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system; together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species. London: E. J. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  2. ^ Dendropoma maximum Sowerby, 1825. WoRMS (2009). Dendropoma maximum Sowerby, 1825. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207902 on 9 July 2010 .
  3. Phillips, Nicole E.; Shima, Jeffrey S. (2010). [PDF] Reproduction of the vermetid gastropod Dendropoma maximum (Sowerby, 1825) in Moorea, French Polynesia. Vol. 76. pp. 133–137. doi:10.1093/MOLLUS/EYP049. S2CID 55845398. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
  4. Shima, Jeffrey S.; Osenberg, Craig W.; Stier, Adrian C. (2010-12-23). "The vermetid gastropod Dendropoma maximum reduces coral growth and survival". Biology Letters. 6 (6): 815–818. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2010.0291. PMC 3001362. PMID 20484230.
Taxon identifiers
Dendropoma maximum


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