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Vermetus

Summary

Vermetus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.[1]

Vermetus
Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent
Vermetus sp., Nicosia Formation, Pliocene, Cyprus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Vermetidae
Genus: Vermetus
Daudin, 1800
Type species
*Vermetus adansonii
Daudin, 1800
Synonyms[1]
  • Thylaeodus Mörch, 1860

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 edit

Species within the genus Vermetus include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Vermetus alii Hadfield & Kay, 1972:[11] synonym of Eualetes tulipa (Rousseau in Chenu, 1843) (subjective synonym)
  • 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:[12] synonym of Dendropoma petraeum
  • Vermetus cyclicus Watson, 1886: synonym of Ctiloceras cyclicum (Watson, 1886)
  • Vermetus gigas Bivona in Philippi, 1836:[13] synonym of Serpulorbis arenarius
  • Vermetus goreensis (Gmelin, 1791):[14] synonym of Vermetidae incertae sedis goreensis (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Vermetus indentatus (Carpenter, 1857): synonym of Thylaeodus indentatus (Carpenter, 1857)
  • Vermetus knorrii Deshayes, 1843: synonym of Vermicularia knorrii (Deshayes, 1843)
  • Vermetus masier Deshayes, 1843:[15] synonym of Thylacodes masier (Deshayes, 1843) (original combination)
  • 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)
  • Vermetus rugulosus Monterosato, 1878:[16] synonym of Thylaeodus rugulosus (Monterosato, 1878) (original combination)
  • Vermetus selectus (Monterosato, 1892):[17] synonym of Thylacodes arenarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Vermetus semisurrectus Bivona Ant., 1832:[18] synonym of Thylaeodus semisurrectus (Bivona-Bernardi, 1832) (original combination)
  • Vermetus spiratus Philippi, 1836: synonym of Vermicularia spirata (Philippi, 1836)
  • Vermetus tridentatus Daudin, 1800: synonym of Placostegus tridentatus (Fabricius, 1779)

References edit

  1. ^ a b 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 .
  2. ^ Fossilworks
  3. ^ Vermetus afer (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  4. ^ Rüdiger Bieler, Timothy M. Collins, Rosemary Golding andTimothy A. Rawlings, A novel and enigmatic two-holed shell aperture in a new species of suspension-feeding worm-snail (Vermetidae); PeerJ, 2019
  5. ^ Vermetus enderli Schiaparelli & Metivier, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  6. ^ Vermetus eruca (Lamarck, 1818). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  7. ^ Vermetus granulatus (Gravenhorst, 1831). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  8. ^ Vermetus intestinalis (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  9. ^ "Vermetus scaber", Molluscabase, LifeWatch Belgium, 2023.
  10. ^ Vermetus triquetrus Bivona Ant., 1832. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  11. ^ Vermetus alii Hadfield & Kay, 1972. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  12. ^ Vermetus cristatus Biondi, 1857. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  13. ^ Vermetus gigas Bivona in Philippi, 1836. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  14. ^ Vermetus goreensis (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  15. ^ Vermetus masier Deshayes, 1843. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  16. ^ Vermetus rugulosus Monterosato<, 1878. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  17. ^ Vermetus selectus (Monterasato, 1892). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  18. ^ Vermetus semisurrectus Bivona Ant., 1832. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  • 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

External links edit

  • Daudin, François Marie. (1800). Receuil de mémoires et de notes sur des espèces inédites ou peu connues de Mollusques, de vers et de zoophytes. xviii & 19-50. Fuchs & Treuttel et Wurtz. Paris
  • Keen M. (1961). A proposed reclassification of the gastropod family Vermetidae. Bulletin of the British Museum, Natural History (Zoology), 7(3): 183-213, pls. 54-55
  • Bieler, R.; Petit, R. E. (2011). Catalogue of Recent and fossil “worm-snail” taxa of the families Vermetidae, Siliquariidae, and Turritellidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). Zootaxa. 2948, 1-103

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