Serpulorbis decussatus

Author
Gmelin, 1791
Common Names
  • Decussate Wormsnail
  • Decussate Worm Shell

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
80 meters
Overall Geographic Range
North Carolina to Brazil
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • hard substrate
  • offshore banks in northern Gulf of Mexico
  • suspension feeder
References

  • Barrera, N. C. 2001. Micromolluscan assemblages on the Flower Garden Banks, northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Master's thesis, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, Texas. ix + 90 pp.

  • Hicks, D. W., N. C. Barrera, and J. W. Tunnell, Jr. 2001. Ecological distribution of shallow-water Mollusca on the Alacrán Reef, Campeche Bank, Yucatan, Mexico. Texas Conchologist 38(1): 7–30.

  • Parker, R. H., and J. R. Curray. 1956. Fauna and bathymetry of banks on continental shelf, northwest Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 40(10): 2428–2439.

  • Pilsbry, H. A., and C. G. Aguayo. 1933. Marine and freshwater mollusks new to the fauna of Cuba. The Nautilus 46(3–4): 116–123, pl. 6.

  • Vokes, H. E., and E. H. Vokes. 1983. Distribution of shallow-water marine Mollusca, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Middle American Research Institute Publication 54: viii + 183.

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-09-2024.

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