Mozambique Shells | Species detail

Shell ID:

758

Species:

Thylacodes colubrinus

Family:

Vermetidae Rafinesque, 1815

Author, Year:

(Röding, 1798)

Sinonyms:

Serpula colubrina Röding, 1798 (original name); Serpulorbis colubrinus (Röding, 1798)

Dimensions min-max (mm):

100-150 mm

Occurrence area:

North (Pemba)

Habitat:

Mud, rocks

Depth:

Shallow subtidal

Notes:

Serpulorbis has no operculum (Kilburn)

Last update:

2016-04-06 12:05:13

Richard Kilburn, Elizabeth Rippey (1982). "Sea Shells of Southern Africa". Johannesburg, Macmillan South Africa, xi+249 p.

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