WoRMS taxon details
Dendropoma corallinaceum (Tomlin, 1939)
AphiaID: 207903
AphiaID: 207903
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Vermetoidea (Superfamily) > Vermetidae (Family) > Dendropoma (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Dendropoma Mörch, 1861 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 52 [details] additional source: Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 34 [details] additional source: Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Mozambique [details] South Africa (country) [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life | ||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Diameter up to 3mm, length variable. Similar to Vermetus sp. But much smaller. Flat, brown-red operculum with slightly raised central knob. Tubes irregularly arranged in colonies, often covered with encrusting coralline algae. Habitat: attached to coral rocks on shallow reefs. Distribution: W Indian Ocean to SE Atlantic Ocean. (Richmond, 1997). [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207903 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Dendropoma corallinaceum (Tomlin, 1939). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207903 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||||||||
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