Dendropoma sp
©Anne Hoggett: Dendropoma sp on granite rock exposed to air at low tide, Mermaid Cove, Lizard Island. Diameter of operculum is about 0.7 to 1.1 mm.
©Anne Hoggett: Dendropoma sp on granite rock exposed to air at low tide, Mermaid Cove, Lizard Island. Diameter of operculum is about 0.7 to 1.1 mm.
©Anne Hoggett: Heavily encrusted Dendropoma sp on granite rock exposed to air at low tide, Mermaid Cove, Lizard Island. Diameter of operculum is about 0.7 to 1.1 mm.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neotaenioglossa
Family
Vermetidae
Genus
Dendropoma
Species
Dendropoma sp
Distinguishing features
Small vermetids that form dense intertidal aggregations.
The population at Mermaid Cove, Lizard Island, was sampled in late 2020 and sequenced in 2021 by PhD student Richard (Dylan) Corner of University of Queensland. This placed it within Dendropoma but there was no matching sequence available to identify the species. Dylan advises that the genus-level id was confirmed by Assoc. Prof. Timothy Rawlings from Cape Brenton University based on morphology and his separate analysis. Thanks to both Dylan and Timothy for the id.
Size
- Size data has not been obtained.
Synonyms
Comments
Petaloconchus has also been recorded from Lizard Island (Atlas of Living Australia accessed 16 Jan 2021) and is known to form dense intertidal aggregations.
by Anne Hoggett
