| Tenagodus barbadensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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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 | |
Tenagodus barbadensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Siliquariidae.
Distribution
They occur off the coasts of Barbados.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 48.9 mm.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 101 m. Maximum recorded depth is 101 m.
It lives as an obligatory commensal on certain species of sponges from families Halichondriidae and Thrombidae.
References
- ^ 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.
- Tenagodus barbadensis Bieler, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- ^ 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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Tenagodus barbadensis | |
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