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Thylacodes squamigerus Scaled Worm snail

Thylacodes squamigerus is commonly referred to as Scaled Worm snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Douglas Mason, USA

Serpulorbis squamigerus (Carmel Point ) 2015


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lexID:
13040 
AphiaID:
709499 
Scientific:
Thylacodes squamigerus 
German:
Schuppige Wurmschnecke 
English:
Scaled Worm Snail 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Vermetidae (Family) > Thylacodes (Genus) > squamigerus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Carpenter, ), 1857 
Occurrence:
Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Northeast Pacific Ocean, USA 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
0 - 30 Meter 
Habitats:
Coastal waters, Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Rocky, hard seabeds, Seawater, Sea water, Stony Soils, Stony soils 
Size:
up to 3.94" (10 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 59 °F (°C - 15°C) 
Food:
Detritus, Mucous net fishing lure, Plankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-01-15 11:26:26 

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Thylacodes squamigerus (Carpenter, 1857)

Thylacodes squamigerus, common name the Scaled wormsnail, is a marine gastropod in the family Vermetidae (the worm snails).

This Scaled wormsnail lives in the North-Eastern Pacific Ocean and can be found often cemented into colonies. It has no operculum.

Synonymised names:
Aletes squamigerus Carpenter, 1857 (original combination)
Serpulorbis squamiger (Carpenter, 1857)

External links

  1. seanet.stanfort.edu (en). Abgerufen am 06.08.2022.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 15.01.2025.

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Thylacodes squamigerus,Santa Barbara, California, United States 2016
Serpulorbis squamigerus (Carmel Point ) 2015
Serpulorbis squamigerus (Carmel Point) 2015
Serpulorbis squamigerus (Scripps Pier) 2010
Scaled worm snail, Thylacodes squamigerus.2018
Thylacodes squamigerus, Scaled Worm snail,2018

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