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Serpulorbis is a genus of marine gastropod molluscs in the family Vermetidae.
They are elongated tubular shells, moulded to the surface of attachment, and with the apertural part usually free, the opening directed upward. There is no operculum. Damaged sections of the shell can be sealed off by calcareous septa.
Species
- Serpulorbis aotearoicus Morton, 1951
- Serpulorbis decussatus (Gmelin, 1791) - decussate wormsnail
- Serpulorbis squamiger (Carpenter, 1856) - scaled wormsnail
- Serpulorbis zelandicus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1834)
References
- "Serpulorbis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1