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The Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells, are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. [1] The shells of species in the family Vermetidae are extremely irregular, and do not resemble the average snail shell, hence the common name "worm shells" or "worm snails".
Vermetus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells. [ 1 ] The genus Vermetus is very ancient: it occurs in the fossil record from the Jurassic to the Quaternary (age range: from 164.7 to 0.0 million years ago).
Dendropoma is a genus of irregularly coiled sea snails known as "worm shells" or "worm snails". ... Reproductive biology of the gregarious Mediterranean vermetid ...
Dendropoma maximum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells. [2] Description
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These sessile snails extrude a mucous net for feeding, which negatively affects both the coral growth and morphology, reducing their rate of survival. Trapezia rufopunctata have been observed cleaning the corals of vermetid mucus while feeding on the coral itself. They feed by first massaging the coral tissue with their legs, which produces a ...
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. [1] This worm snail lives along the Pacific coast of North America, south of Monterey. [2]
Thylaeodus rugulosus is a species of sea snail, ... 1995. Vermetid gastropods from Sao Miguel, Azores: Comparative anatomy, systematic position and biogeographic ...