| Pectinariidae | |
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| Pectinaria koreni inside and out of its tube. Head is to the right. |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Annelida |
| Class: | Polychaeta |
| Subclass: | Palpata |
| Order: | Canalipalpata |
| Suborder: | Terebellida |
| Family: | Pectinariidae Quatrefages, 1866 |
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2-4, see text. |
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Pectinariidae, or the trumpet worms or ice cream cone worms, are a family of marine polychaete worms that build sand tubes roughly resembling ice cream cones up to two inches long.