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Species Page:

West Indian Worm Snail

(Philippi, 1836)

Vermicularia spirata

Class:

Gastropoda

Order:

Caenogastropoda

Family:

Turritellidae

Turritellidae

Image Voucher: 

ANSP 186788

Shell Information

Length (mm):

Dextral

Chirality:

Description:

Ecological Information

Distribution:

Depth (m):

North Carolina to Brazil

3 to 80 meters

Diet:

Suspension feeder

Habitat:

Marine; Coral reefs

Misc. Facts

Citations

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Vermicularia spirata (Philippi, 1836). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160074 on 2021-06-23

Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. Garc�a. 29. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579�699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico�Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas.

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