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Dendropoma exsertum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.[1]
| Dendropoma exsertum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Vermetidae |
| Genus: | Dendropoma |
| Species: | D. exsertum
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| Binomial name | |
| Dendropoma exsertum (Dall, 1881)
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Distribution
editRanges from North Carolina to Barbados, including in the Gulf of Mexico.[2]
Description
editHabitat
editMinimum recorded depth is 57 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 1832 m.[3]
References
edit- ^ Dendropoma exsertum (Dall, 1881). WoRMS (2010). Dendropoma exsertum (Dall, 1881). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419548 on 9 July 2010 .
- ^ "Dendropoma exsertum". GulfBase. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
- ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.