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| A view of the shell of a live Thylacodes squamigerus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Vermetidae |
| Genus: | Thylacodes |
| Species: | T. squamigerus |
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| Thylacodes squamigerus (Carpenter, 1856) | |
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.
This worm snail lives along the Pacific coast of North America, south of Monterey. This species is often cemented into colonies and is a uniquely sedentary snail. It has no operculum.
References
- Bieler, R. "Thylacodes squamigerus (Carpenter, 1857)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
- ^ Russo, Ron; Olhausen, Pam (1981). Pacific Intertidal Life: A guide to organisms of rocky reefs and tide pools of the Pacific Coast. AdventureKEEN. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-912550-32-9.
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| Thylacodes squamigerus | |
| Serpulorbis squamigerus | |
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