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Vermetidae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Worm shells are not inhabited by worms but by snails. They are called worm shells because of their shape. Some worm shells live in colonies, like the one pictured on the left, while others live in spiral shells. The spiral worm shell is also considered to be a horn shell.
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The worm shell shown at lower right, Vermicularia fargoi, belongs to the Turritellidae family. It is distinctively different from most Turritellidae in that the whorls begain to separate as it grows. The shell pictured here, V. fargoi, is distinguished by a tightly coiled region that is 3 cm long;
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I have also seen them with a greyish beige shell. I put it in a plastic container to observe. A tiny worm like head came out of one opening only to pull back into the shell & pop it's head out the other end. It moved like an inch worm, pulling the shell with it.
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Definition of worm-shell from the online medical dictionary hosted by mondofacto. ... online medical dictionary | definition of worm-shell ... Wormley's test, Wormley, Theodore, Worm, Ole, wormseed < Prev | Next > wormul, wormwood, wornil, worrel...
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by Alan Culley ... These thin hollow shells can run up to 4 inches in length. ... Jingle Shell >
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The tube of Thelepus crispus is usually made of fragments of shell, stone, and other detritus, is nearly 1 cm wide, and is cemented to the undersurface of or between rocks. It may leave its tube when disturbed and later build a new one. ... Common name(s): Spaghetti worm, shell binder worm...
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The tube of Thelepus crispus is usually made of fragments of shell, stone, and other detritus, is nearly 1 cm wide, and is cemented to the undersurface of or between rocks. It may leave its tube when disturbed and later build a new one. ... Common name(s): Spaghetti worm, Shell binder worm, Curly terebellid, Hairy gilled worm...
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I brought a small screwdriver along today and work for a few minutes on the tube worm shell found yesterday near the beach exit. All but a quarter inch comes away from the clay leaving me with a piece just shy of three inches.
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