Tenagodus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Siliquariidae.[2]

Tenagodus
Five view of a shell of Tenagodus anguinus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Siliquariidae
Genus: Tenagodus
Guettard, 1770[1]
Type species
Serpula anguina Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[2]
  • Agathirses Montfort, 1808 †
  • Anguinaria Schumacher, 1817
  • Pyxipoma Mörch, 1861
  • Siliquaria Bruguière, 1789
  • Tenagodes Fischer, 1885

Species

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Species within the genus Tenagodus include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Tenagodus anguillae Mörch, 1861: synonym of Tenagodus squamatus (Blainville, 1827)

References

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  • Bruguière, Léon G. 1789. Encyclopedie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des Vers. Volume 1. 1-344. Panckouche & Plomteux. A. Bul. Paris & Liege. page(s): p.xv
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Bieler R. 2004. Sanitation with sponge and plunger: western Atlantic slit-wormsnails (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Siliquariidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 140(3): 307-333. page(s): 310
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