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Dendropoma corrodens

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Vermetidae

Scientific name
  
Dendropoma corrodens

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Vermetoidea

Subfamily
  
Dendropomatinae

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Dendropoma, Petaloconchus, Dendropoma petraeum, Thylacodes, Vermetus

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

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Description

The shell of this cemented species is usually not straight but coiled in one loose and irregular coil, however, the maximum recorded shell length is 10 mm.

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth is 0 m; maximum recorded depth is 0 m.

References

Dendropoma corrodens Wikipedia