Dendropoma

Dendropoma is a genus of irregularly coiled sea snails known as "worm shells" or "worm snails". These are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails.

==Species== According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Dendropoma : Dendropoma andamanicum (Prashad & Rao, 1933) Dendropoma anguliferum (Monterosato, 1884) Dendropoma corallinaceum (Tomlin, 1939) Dendropoma corrodens (d’Orbigny, 1842) - ringed wormsnail Dendropoma cristatum (Biondi-Giunti, 1859) Dendropoma ghanaense Keen & Morton, 1960 Dendropoma gregarium Hadfield & Kay, 1972 Dendropoma irregulare (d’Orbigny, 1842) - irregular wormsnail Dendropoma lituella (Mörch, 1861) - flat wormsnail Dendropoma marchadi Keen & Morton, 1960 Dendropoma maximum Sowerby, 1825 Dendropoma mejillonense Pacheco & Laudien, 2008 Dendropoma meroclista Hadfield & Kay, 1972 Dendropoma nebulosum (Dillwyn, 1817) Dendropoma planatum (Suter, 1913) Dendropoma psarocephala Hadfield & Kay, 1972 Dendropoma rastrum (Mörch, 1861) - California wormsnail Dendropoma rhyssoconcha Hadfield & Kay, 1972 Dendropoma squamiferum Ponder, 1967 Dendropoma tholia Keen & Morton, 1960 Species brought into synonymy: Dendropoma annulatus auct.: synonym of Dendropoma corrodens (d’Orbigny, 1841) Dendropoma gregaria [sic] : synonym of Dendropoma gregarium Hadfield & Kay, 1972 Dendropoma mejillonensis [sic]: synonym of Dendropoma mejillonense Pacheco & Laudien, 2008 Dendropoma petraeum (Monterosato, 1884): synonym of Dendropoma cristatum (Biondi, 1857)