Siliquariidae
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Siliquariidae is a family of sea snails with unusual, very loosely coiled shells. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the order Sorbeoconcha.
They usually live embedded in sponges.
[edit] Shell description
The shells of species in this family are elongated and tubular, and they are loosely spirally coiled. They have a narrow slit running most of the length, but without septa.
The operculum is well developed.
[edit] Genera within the family Siliquariidae
- Siliquaria Bruguiere, 1789
- Stephopoma Mörch, 1860
- Tenagodus Guettard, 1770
[edit] References
- Siliquariidae (TSN 73164). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
