Thylacodes squamigerus

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Thylacodes squamigerus
Serpulorbis squamigerus.jpg
A view of the shell of a live Thylacodes squamigerus
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T. squamigerus
Binomial name
Thylacodes squamigerus
(Carpenter, 1856)

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 in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

This species is often cemented into colonies. It has no operculum.

References[]

  1. ^ Bieler, R. "Thylacodes squamigerus (Carpenter, 1857)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
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