Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Ceraesignum maximum	Great worm shell	Indo-Pacific.	45 SHL	1825
Cupolaconcha meroclista		Indo-Pacific		1972
Dendropoma anguliferum		Mediterranean Sea.		1884
Dendropoma corrodens	Ringed wormsnail	Western Central Atlantic.	1 DL	1842
Dendropoma exsertum		Western Central Atlantic.	1.1 DL	1881
Dendropoma gregarium		Central Pacific		1972
Dendropoma irregulare	Irregular wormsnail	Western Atlantic.	3.6 DL	1842
Dendropoma lituella	Flat wormsnail	East Pacific.		1861
Dendropoma mejillonense		Southeast Pacific		2008
Dendropoma nebulosum		Western Central Atlantic	8 DL	1817
Dendropoma petraeum		Mediterranean Sea.		1884
Dendropoma platypus		Pacific Ocean.		1861
Dendropoma rastrum	California wormsnail	East Pacific.		1861
Dendropoma rhyssoconchum		Eastern Central Pacific		1972
Eualetes tulipa		Eastern Central Pacific a		1843
Petaloconchus cochlidium		Eastern Central Pacific		1857
Petaloconchus compactus	Compact wormsnail	Northeast Pacific		1864
Petaloconchus complicatus		Southeast Pacific		1908
Petaloconchus erectus	Erect wormsnail	Western Atlantic	4 DL	1888
Petaloconchus flavescens		Western Atlantic		1857
Petaloconchus floridanus	Florida worm shell	Western Central Atlantic.	3.1 DL	1953
Petaloconchus glomeratus		Mediterranean Sea.		1758
Petaloconchus keenae		Central Pacific		1972
Petaloconchus macrophragma		Central Pacific		1856
Petaloconchus mcgintyi	McGinty wormsnail	Western Atlantic.	3.5 DL	1953
Petaloconchus montereyensis	Monterey wormsnail	East Pacific.		1919
Petaloconchus myrakeenae		Western Atlantic.	5 DL	1987
Petaloconchus nigricans		Western Central Atlantic.	6 DL	1884
Petaloconchus renisectus		Western Pacific		1857
Petaloconchus varians	Variable wormsnail	Western Atlantic.	20 DL	1841
Serpulorbis arenarius	Worm shell	Mediterranean Sea.		1767
Serpulorbis birugosus		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1962
Serpulorbis catella		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1962
Serpulorbis colubrinus	Snake-like worm shell	Indo-West Pacific	5 SHL	1798
Serpulorbis daidai		Western Central Pacific		1982
Serpulorbis decussatus	Decussate wormsnail	Western Atlantic	9 DL	1791
Serpulorbis dentiferus		Western Central Pacific		1820
Serpulorbis medusae	Jellyfish worm shell	Western Pacific	11 SHL	1891
Serpulorbis riisei		Western Central Atlantic.	3.7 DL	1862
Serpulorbis roussaei		Western Central Pacific		1871
Serpulorbis squamolineatus		Western Atlantic.	6 DL	2002
Thylacodes adamsii		Western Pacific		1859
Thylacodes colubrinus		Western Pacific		1798
Thylacodes decussatus		Western Pacific		1791
Thylacodes squamigerus	Scaled wormsnail	Eastern Pacific	12.5 SHD	1857
Thylacodes variabilis	Vermetid worm	Indo-Pacific.		1972
Vermetus brasiliensis		Western Atlantic.		1843
Vermetus compactus	Northern compact wormsnail	Eastern Pacific
Vermetus granulatus		Mediterranean Sea.		1831
Vermetus rugulosus		Mediterranean Sea.		1878
Vermetus semisurrectus		Mediterranean Sea.		1832
Vermetus tokyoensis		Western Central Pacific		1895
Vermetus triquetrus		Mediterranean Sea.		1832

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Species Identification: Find Species

Family: Vermetidae worm shells(See list of species below)

Family: Vermetidae worm shells

(See list of species below)