Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Caenogastropoda incertae sedis > Superfamily Cerithioidea > Family Siliquariidae > Genus Tenagodus

Tenagodus obtusus (Schumacher, 1817)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tenagodus*	Guettard, 1770	accepted genus name
*Siliquaria*	Bruguière, 1789	objective synonym
*Anguinaria*	Schumacher, 1817	synonym

Species group names

*Anguinaria obtusa*	Schumacher, 1817	synonym
*Siliquaria spiralis*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: obtuse 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: Schlangenschnecke; Wurmschnecke

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
basis of record	Harzhauser, M., Landau, B., Mandic, O., Kroh, A., Kuttelwascher, K., Grunert, P., Schneider, S., Danninger, W. (2014). Gastropods of an Ottnangian (Early Miocene) rocky shore in the North Alpine Foreland Basin (Allerding, Austria). Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt. 154/1-4, 83-113.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tenagodus obtusus (Schumacher, 1817). 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:141462