Vermetus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.[1]
| Vermetus Temporal range:
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| Vermetus sp., Nicosia Formation, Pliocene, Cyprus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Vermetidae |
| Genus: | Vermetus Daudin, 1800 |
| Type species | |
| *Vermetus adansonii Daudin, 1800
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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:
- Vermetus adansonii Daudin, 1800
- Vermetus afer (Gmelin, 1791)[3]
- Vermetus annulus Rousseau in Chenu, 1843
- Vermetus balanitintinnabuli Mörch, 1862
- Vermetus bieleri Scuderi, Swinnen & Templado, 2017
- Vermetus biperforatus Bieler, Collins, Golding & Rawlings, 2019 [4]
- Vermetus brasiliensis Rousseau in Chenu, 1844
- Vermetus carinatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
- Vermetus dentiferus Rousseau in Chenu, 1844
- Vermetus enderli Schiaparelli & Metivier, 2000[5]
- Vermetus eruca (Lamarck, 1818)[6] (taxon inquirendum)
- Vermetus granulatus (Gravenhorst, 1831)[7]
- Vermetus intestinalis (Gmelin, 1791)[8] (taxon inquirendum)
- Vermetus periscopium Barnard, 1963
- Vermetus reticulatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
- Vermetus sansibaricus Thiele, 1925
- Vermetus scaber Gravenhorst, 1831[9]
- Vermetus tonganus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
- Vermetus triquetrus Bivona Ant., 1832[10]
- Vermetus turonius Rousseau in Chenu, 1844
- Vermetus vitreus Kuroda & Habe, 1972
- 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
- ^ 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 .
- ^ Fossilworks
- ^ Vermetus afer (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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 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 scaber", Molluscabase, LifeWatch Belgium, 2023.
- ^ Vermetus triquetrus Bivona Ant., 1832. 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 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.
- ^ Vermetus goreensis (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.
- 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