Vermetus
| Vermetus Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent | |
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| Vermetus sp., Nicosia Formation, Pliocene, Cyprus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Vermetoidea |
| Family: | Vermetidae |
| Subfamily: | Vermetinae |
| Genus: | Vermetus Daudin, 1800 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Thylaeodus Mörch, 1860 | |
Vermetus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.[1]
The genus Vermetus is very ancient: it occurs in the fossil record from the Jurassic to the Quaternary (age range: from 164.7 to 0.0 million years ago).[2]
Species
Species within the genus Vermetus include:
- Vermetus afer (Gmelin, 1791)[3]
- Vermetus alii Hadfield & Kay, 1972[4]
- Vermetus enderli Schiaparelli & Metivier, 2000[5]
- Vermetus eruca (Lamarck, 1818)[6]
- Vermetus goreensis (Gmelin, 1791)[7]
- Vermetus granulatus (Gravenhorst, 1831)[8]
- Vermetus indentatus (Carpenter, 1857)
- Vermetus intestinalis (Gmelin, 1791)[9]
- Vermetus masier Deshayes, 1843[10]
- Vermetus rugulosus Monterosato, 1878[11]
- Vermetus selectus (Monterasato, 1892)[12]
- Vermetus semisurrectus Bivona Ant., 1832[13]
- Vermetus triquetrus Bivona Ant., 1832[14]
- Species brought into synonymy
- Vermetus adansonii Daudin, 1800 : synonym of Petaloconchus adansoni (Daudin, 1800)
- Vermetus annulatus Costa, 1861: synonym of Filogranula annulata (O. G. Costa, 1861)
- Vermetus calyculatus Costa, 1861: synonym of Filogranula calyculata (O. G. Costa, 1861)
- Vermetus cariniferus Gray, 1843: synonym of Spirobranchus carinifer (Gray, 1843)
- Vermetus centiquadrus Valenciennes, 1846: synonym of Eualetes centiquadrus (Valenciennes, 1846)
- Vermetus cristatus Biondi, 1857:[15] synonym of Dendropoma petraeum
- Vermetus cyclicus Watson, 1886: synonym of Ctiloceras cyclicum (Watson, 1886)
- Vermetus gigas Bivona in Philippi, 1836:[16] synonym of Serpulorbis arenarius
- Vermetus knorrii Deshayes, 1843: synonym of Vermicularia knorrii (Deshayes, 1843)
- Vermetus mutabilis Costa, 1861: synonym of Filogranula calyculata (O. G. Costa, 1861)
- Vermetus peronii Valenciennes, A., 1846: synonym of Eualetes centiquadrus (Valenciennes, 1846)
- Vermetus quadrangulus Philippi, 1848: synonym of Vermicularia spirata (Philippi, 1836)
- Vermetus quincunx Barnard, 1963: synonym of Stephopoma quincunx (Barnard, 1963)
- Vermetus quinquecostatus Daudin, 1800: synonym of Spirobranchus lima (Grube, 1862)
- Vermetus radilula Stimpson, 1851: synonym of Vermicularia radicula (Stimpson, 1851)
- Vermetus roseus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834: synonym of Stephopoma roseum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
- Vermetus spiratus Philippi, 1836: synonym of Vermicularia spirata (Philippi, 1836)
- Vermetus tridentatus Daudin, 1800: synonym of Placostegus tridentatus (Fabricius, 1779)
References
- 1 2 Vermetus Daudin, 1800. Gofas, S. (2009). Vermetus Daudin, 1800. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138652 on 11 February 2012.
- ↑ Fossilworks
- ↑ Vermetus afer (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
- ↑ Vermetus alii Hadfield & Kay, 1972. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
- ↑ Vermetus enderli Schiaparelli & Metivier, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
- ↑ Vermetus eruca (Lamarck, 1818). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
- ↑ Vermetus goreensis (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
- ↑ Vermetus granulatus (Gravenhorst, 1831). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
- ↑ Vermetus intestinalis (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
- ↑ Vermetus masier Deshayes, 1843. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
- ↑ Vermetus rugulosus Monterosato, 1878. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
- ↑ Vermetus selectus (Monterasato, 1892). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
- ↑ Vermetus semisurrectus Bivona Ant., 1832. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
- ↑ Vermetus triquetrus Bivona Ant., 1832. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
- ↑ Vermetus cristatus Biondi, 1857. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
- ↑ Vermetus gigas Bivona in Philippi, 1836. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
- Keen M. (1961). A proposed reclassification of the gastropod family Vermetidae. Bulletin of the British Museum, Natural History (Zoology) 7 (3): 183-211 [febbraio] page(s): 186, 187
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
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