Genus of gastropods
Dendropoma is a genus of irregularly coiled sea snails known as "worm shells" or "worm snails". These are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Dendropoma :[1]
- Dendropoma andamanicum (Prashad & Rao, 1933)
- Dendropoma anguliferum (Monterosato, 1884)
- Dendropoma corallinaceum (Tomlin, 1939)
- Dendropoma corrodens (d’Orbigny, 1842) - ringed wormsnail
- Dendropoma exsertum (Dall, 1881)
- Dendropoma ghanaense Keen & Morton, 1960
- Dendropoma gregarium Hadfield & Kay, 1972
- Dendropoma irregulare (d’Orbigny, 1842) - irregular wormsnail
- Dendropoma lituella (Mörch, 1861) - flat wormsnail [2]
- Dendropoma marchadi Keen & Morton, 1960
- Dendropoma maximum Sowerby, 1825
- Dendropoma mejillonensis Pacheco & Laudien, 2008
- Dendropoma meroclista Hadfield & Kay, 1972
- Dendropoma nebulosum (Dillwyn, 1817)
- Dendropoma petraeum (Monterosato, 1884)
- Dendropoma planatum (Suter, 1913)
- Dendropoma psarocephala Hadfield & Kay, 1972
- Dendropoma rastrum (Mörch, 1861) - California wormsnail [2]
- Dendropoma rhyssoconcha Hadfield & Kay, 1972
- Dendropoma squamiferum Ponder, 1967
- Dendropoma tholia Keen & Morton, 1960
- Species brought into synonymy
- Dendropoma annulatus auct.: synonym of Dendropoma corrodens (d’Orbigny, 1841)
- Dendropoma cristatum (Biondi, 1857): synonym of Dendropoma petraeum (Monterosato, 1884)
- Dendropoma gregaria [sic] : synonym of Dendropoma gregarium Hadfield & Kay, 1972
- Dendropoma mejillonensis [sic]: synonym of Dendropoma mejillonense Pacheco & Laudien, 2008
