Dendropoma Moerch 1861 (worm shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae

Alternative spelling: Siphonium (Dendropoma)

Parent taxon: Vermetidae according to A. Pacheco and J. Laudien 2008

See also Hendy 2021 and Wilson 1993

Sister taxa: Burtinella, Dendropomatinae, Elliptovermetus, Lementina, Lemintina, Macrophragma, Serpulorbis, Vermetinae, Vermetus

Subtaxa: Dendropoma (Elliptovermetus) Dendropoma irregulare Dendropoma lituella Dendropoma mejillonensis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Barbados (1 collection), Bermuda (2), Brazil (2), Cape Verde (1), French Polynesia (3), Haiti (1), Jamaica (1), Mexico (2), the Seychelles (2), United States (21: California, Florida, Hawaii), Vanuatu (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California)

• Pliocene of Spain (1)

Total: 39 collections each including a single occurrence

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