Dendropoma


Dendropoma is a genus of irregularly coiled sea snails known as "worm shells" or "worm snails". These are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following species with valid names are included within the genus Dendropoma :Dendropoma andamanicum Dendropoma anguliferum Dendropoma corallinaceum Dendropoma corrodens - ringed wormsnailDendropoma cristatum Dendropoma ghanaense Keen & Morton, 1960Dendropoma gregarium Hadfield & Kay, 1972Dendropoma irregulare - irregular wormsnailDendropoma lituella - flat wormsnailDendropoma marchadi Keen & Morton, 1960Dendropoma maximum Sowerby, 1825Dendropoma mejillonense Pacheco & Laudien, 2008Dendropoma meroclista Hadfield & Kay, 1972Dendropoma nebulosum Dendropoma planatum Dendropoma psarocephala Hadfield & Kay, 1972Dendropoma rastrum - California wormsnailDendropoma rhyssoconcha Hadfield & Kay, 1972Dendropoma squamiferum Ponder, 1967 Dendropoma tholia Keen & Morton, 1960
;Species brought into synonymy:Dendropoma annulatus auct.: synonym of Dendropoma corrodens Dendropoma gregaria : synonym of Dendropoma gregarium Hadfield & Kay, 1972Dendropoma mejillonensis : synonym of Dendropoma mejillonense Pacheco & Laudien, 2008Dendropoma petraeum : synonym of ''Dendropoma cristatum''