WoRMS taxon details
Dendropoma corallinaceum (Tomlin, 1939)
207903 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207903)
accepted
Species
Vermetus corallinaceus Tomlin, 1939 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Vermetus corallinaceus Tomlin, 1939) Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1939). A new South African vermetid. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 21(4): 12.
page(s): 145, pl. 12, fig. 4 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 145, pl. 12, fig. 4 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Cape Peninsula
type locality contained in Cape Peninsula [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Description Diameter up to 3mm, length variable. Similar to Vermetus sp. But much smaller. Flat, brown-red operculum with slightly...
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]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dendropoma corallinaceum (Tomlin, 1939). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207903 on 2025-04-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Vermetus corallinaceus Tomlin, 1939) Tomlin, J. R. le B. (1939). A new South African vermetid. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 21(4): 12.
page(s): 145, pl. 12, fig. 4 [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
page(s): 145, pl. 12, fig. 4 [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
Taxonomy
status source
Golding, R. E.; Bieler, R.; Rawlings, T. A.; Collins, T. M. (2014). Deconstructing <i>Dendropoma</i>: a systematic revision of a world-wide worm-snail group with descriptions of new genera (Caenogastropoda: Vermetidae). <em>Malacologia.</em> 57(1): 1-97.
page(s): 87 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 87 [details] Available for editors
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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. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
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. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
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]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | colonial worm shell | [details] |
