Petaloconchus adansoni

Petaloconchus adansoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.[1]

Petaloconchus adansoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Vermetoidea
Family:
Vermetidae
Genus:
Petaloconchus
Species:
P. adansoni
Binomial name
Petaloconchus adansoni
(Daudin, 1800)
Synonyms[1]
  • Serpula lumbricalis Linnaeus, 1758
  • Serpula vermetus Sowerby & Sowerby, 1820/25
  • Vermetus adansonii Daudin, 1800

References
  1. Petaloconchus adansoni (Daudin, 1800). WoRMS (2009). Petaloconchus adansoni (Daudin, 1800). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224594 on 9 July 2010 .
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