Thylacodes squamigerus

Thylacodes squamigerus
A view of the shell of a live Thylacodes squamigerus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Vermetidae
Genus: Thylacodes
Species:
T. squamigerus
Binomial name
Thylacodes squamigerus
(Carpenter, 1856)

Thylacodes squamigerus, common name the scaled wormsnail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails. This species was previously known as Serpulorbis squamigerus.

This worm snail lives along the Pacific coast of North America, south of Monterey. This species is often cemented into colonies and is a uniquely sedentary snail. It has no operculum.