Thylacodes squamigerus

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]

Thylacodes squamigerus
A view of the shell of a live Thylacodes squamigerus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Vermetoidea
Family:
Vermetidae
Genus:
Thylacodes
Species:
T. squamigerus
Binomial name
Thylacodes squamigerus
(Carpenter, 1856)

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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