Tenagodus barbadensis
Encyclopedia
Tenagodus barbadensis is a species
of sea snail
, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Siliquariidae
.
It lives as an obligatory commensal on certain species of sponges from families Halichondriidae
and Thrombidae.
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Siliquariidae
Siliquariidae
Siliquariidae is a family of sea snails with unusual, very loosely coiled shells. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.- Taxonomy :The following two subfamilies have been recognized in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi :...
.
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 101 m. Maximum recorded depth is 101 m.It lives as an obligatory commensal on certain species of sponges from families Halichondriidae
Halichondriidae
Halichondriidae is a family of marine demosponges belonging to the order Halichondrida. These sponges have a skeleton consisting of dense bundles of spicules occurring in a more or less random pattern.-References:**...
and Thrombidae.