Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Vermetoidea > Family Vermetidae > Genus Thylacodes

Thylacodes arenarius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Thylacodes*	Guettard, 1770	accepted genus name
*Serpulorbis*	Sasso, 1827	synonym

Species group names

*Vermicularia lineolata*	Gravenhorst, 1831	subjective synonym
*Serpula arenaria*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Serpulorbis arenarius*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Serpulorbis polyphragma*	Sasso, 1827	synonym
*Thylacodus polyphragma*	(Sasso, 1827)	synonym
*Thylacodus polyphragma var. aletes*	Mörch, 1862	synonym
*Vermetus arenarius*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Vermetus gigas*	Bivona e Bernardi, 1832	synonym
*Vermetus gigas var. conglobata*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Vermetus gigas var. destituta*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Vermetus gigas var. rufa*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Vermetus gigas var. typica*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Vermetus horridus*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Vermetus horridus var. asperrima*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Vermetus polyphragma*	(Sasso, 1827)	synonym
*Vermetus polyphragma var. anguina*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Vermetus polyphragma var. major*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Vermetus polyphragma var. tortuosa*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Vermetus scopulosus*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Vermetus selectus*	Monterosato, 1878	synonym
*Vermetus selectus var. arborea*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Vermetus selectus var. ramosa*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Vermetus verrucosus*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: giant worm shell; giant wormshell; giant wormsnail sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Große Wurmschnecke; Riesenwurmschnecke

Literature

basis of record	Landau, B. M.; Ceulemans, L.; Van Dingenen, F. (2018). The upper Miocene gastropods of northwestern France, 2. Caenogastropoda. Cainozoic Research. 18 (2): 177-368.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Thylacodes arenarius (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:709464

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Occurrence

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Environment

marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

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Last modified

2020-06-07 by Philippe Bouchet

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