Tenagodus barbadensis
| Tenagodus barbadensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Siliquariidae |
| Genus: | Tenagodus |
| Species: | T. barbadensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tenagodus barbadensis Bieler, 2004[1] | |
Tenagodus barbadensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Siliquariidae.[2]
Distribution
They occur off the coasts of 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
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ Tenagodus barbadensis Bieler, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- ^ a b c 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.