Pectinariidae, or the trumpet worms or ice cream cone worms, are a family of marine polychaete worms that build tubes using grains of sand roughly resembling ice cream cones or trumpets. These structures can be up to 5 centimetres (2 in) long.

Simply digging into the sand may uncover something just as tasty, or at least, far more interesting. The ice cream cone worm, ‘trumpet worm’ or or pectinariidae, are a polychaete worm that live in the fine sediment of both shallow and deep seas, as well as the mud flats of estuaries and rivers.

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Jan 25, 2022 · The only worm that likes food that comes to mind is the pantry moth larva, but they are not known to eat ice cream. As to where they might have come from, it is likely that eggs of these organisms were already present in the ice cream before it …

Common name: Gould's trumpet worm, ice cream worm. Scientific name: P ectinaria gouldii. Locations: mid to low tide in sandy mud. Seasonality: available all year. Colors: sand tube of mixed grains and colors. Size: 1/2” - 1” Collected: by hand. Quantity: sold by the each.

Oct 25, 2013 · Ice Cream Cone Worms, also known as Trumpet Worms, get their name from the carefully constructed, cone shaped shell they live in. Take a close look at it. It's made out of thousands and thousands of tiny grains of sand, bits of …

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Nov 30, 2020 · This is the former home of an Ice Cream Cone worm or Trumpet worm. The worm cements the grains of sand with a protein that creates a tidy home for it to live in. The small end points upward, and the larger end (and most of the tube) is buried in the sand.

Pectinaria gouldi is the only shallow-water species of Ice Cream Cone Worm that lives on the Carolina coast, where these worm “castles” were found. The specimens pictured here were found at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Edward E. Ruppert and …

Short conical worm in a delicate tube made of one layer of sand grains. Mid tide to coastal shallows in enclosed harbours and bays. Prefers fine sand to muddy sand. Makes an ice cream cone shaped tube from sand grains. Feeds on detritus and algae within the sediments. Feeds in a head down posture, with special golden feeding structures (palps).