Dendropoma maximum

Dendropoma maximum
Dendropoma maximum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Vermetoidea
Family: Vermetidae
Subfamily: Dendropomatinae
Genus: Dendropoma
Species: D. maximum
Binomial name
Dendropoma maximum
Sowerby, 1825[1]
Synonyms[2]

Serpula maxima Sowerby, 1825
Siphonium maximum Sowerby, 1825

Dendropoma maximum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.[2]

Contents

Description

Distribution

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, accessed 9 July 2010.
  2. ^ a b 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.

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