Tenagodus barbadensis

Tenagodus barbadensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Siliquariidae.[2]

Tenagodus barbadensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Siliquariidae
Genus:
Tenagodus
Species:
T. barbadensis
Binomial name
Tenagodus barbadensis
Bieler, 2004[1]

Distribution

Barbados.[1]

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 48.9 mm.[3]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 101 m.[3] Maximum recorded depth is 101 m.[3]

It lives as an obligatory commensal on certain species of sponges from families Halichondriidae and Thrombidae.[1]

References
  1. Bieler R. (2004). "Sanitation with sponge and plunger: western Atlantic slit-wormsnails (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Siliquariidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 140(3): 307–333. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2003.00104.x.
  2. Tenagodus barbadensis Bieler, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
  3. Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.


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