Tenagodus anguinus is a species of unusual sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Siliquariidae, the slit worm shells.
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| Five view of a shell of Tenagodus anguinus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Siliquariidae |
| Genus: | Tenagodus |
| Species: | T. anguinus
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| Tenagodus anguinus | |
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Serpula anguina Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Description
editThe shell is thick and irregularly coiled in a gradually tapered spiral, with rather distant whorls. It has longitudinal ridges with spines on them throughout its length. It is generally a dirty-looking white colour, pale yellow or buff. The uncoiled length could be up to 8 inches (200 mm).[2][3]
Distribution
editTenagodus anguinus is found in the Indian Ocean including around Madagascar.[1][3]
References
edit- ^ a b c Decock, Wim (2010). "Tenagodus anguinus (Linnaeus, 1758)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
- ^ Siliquaria anguina BioSearch. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
- ^ a b Dillwyn, Lewis Weston (1817). A descriptive catalogue of recent shells. p. 1080.
- Born I. von (1780). Testacea Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis (...). Kraus, Vienna pp. XXXVI + 442 + 18 pl: page(s): 440
- Dillwyn, L. W. 1817. A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London: John and Arthur Arch. Vol. 2:581-1092 + index [29 pp.]. page(s): 1079, 1080
- Tryon, G. W. 1886. Naticidae, Calyptraeidae, Pyramidellidae. Manual of Conchology 8. Philadelphia. page(s): 256
- Hartman, Olga 1959. Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. Occasional Papers of the Allan Hancock Foundation, 23: 628pp
- Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp
- 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.
- Fauchald, Kristian (2007). World Register of Polychaeta
External links
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