Species under Petaloconchus
n= 13
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Petaloconchus cochlidium
Carpenter, 1857
Eastern Central Pacific
Petaloconchus compactus
(Carpenter, 1864)
Compact wormsnail Northeast Pacific
Petaloconchus complicatus
Dall, 1908
Southeast Pacific
Petaloconchus erectus
(Dall, 1888)
Erect wormsnail Western Atlantic 4
Petaloconchus floridanus
Olsson & Harbison, 1953
Florida worm shell Western Central Atlantic 3.1
Petaloconchus glomeratus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Mediterranean Sea
Petaloconchus keenae
Hadfield & Kay, 1972
Central Pacific
Petaloconchus mcgintyi
(Olsson & Harbison, 1953)
McGinty wormsnail Western Atlantic 3.5
Petaloconchus montereyensis
Dall, 1919
Monterey wormsnail East Pacific
Petaloconchus myrakeenae
Absalao & Rios, 1987
Western Atlantic 5
Petaloconchus nigricans
(Dall, 1884)
Western Central Atlantic 6
Petaloconchus renisectus
Carpenter, 1857
Western Pacific
Petaloconchus varians
(d'Orbigny, 1841)
Variable wormsnail Western Atlantic 20
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