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Family: Siliquariidae wormsnails



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17 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 0.3 cm DL
 
Hummelinckiella borinquensis
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Petalopoma elisabettae
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Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 7 cm ShL
Siliquaria anguina (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Siliquaria anguina
[Slit-worm shell]
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Max. Length 6 cm ShL
 
Siliquaria armata
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Siliquaria cumingii
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Siliquaria modesta
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Siliquaria squamata
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Max. Length 0.7 cm DL
 
Stephopoma myrakeenae
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Max. Length 4.9 cm DL
 
Tenagodus barbadensis
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Tenagodus cumingi
[Cuming's worm shell]
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Tenagodus cumingii
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Max. Length 15 cm DL
 
Tenagodus modestus
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Tenagodus obtusus
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Tenagodus ponderosa
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Max. Length 17 cm DL
 
Tenagodus squamatus
[Slit wormsnail]
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Tenagodus tahitensis
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Tenagodus trochlearis
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Hummelinckiella borinquensis Western Atlantic. 0.3 DL 1999
Petalopoma elisabettae Mediterranean Sea. 2002
Siliquaria anguina Slit-worm shell Western Central Pacific 7 ShL 1758
Siliquaria armata Western Central Pacific 6 ShL 1971
Siliquaria cumingii Western Pacific 1861
Siliquaria modesta Western Pacific 1881
Siliquaria squamata Western Pacific 1827
Stephopoma myrakeenae Western Atlantic. 0.7 DL 1958
Tenagodus barbadensis Western Atlantic. 4.9 DL 2004
Tenagodus cumingi Cuming's worm shell Western Central Pacific 1860
Tenagodus cumingii Western Central Pacific 1861
Tenagodus modestus Western Atlantic. 15 DL 1881
Tenagodus obtusus Mediterranean Sea. 1817
Tenagodus ponderosa Western Central Pacific 1860
Tenagodus squamatus Slit wormsnail Western Atlantic. 17 DL 1827
Tenagodus tahitensis Eastern Central Pacific 1861
Tenagodus trochlearis Western Pacific 1860



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