Vermetus

Vermetus
Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent
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
Type species
Vermetus adansonii Daudin, 1800
Synonyms[1]

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:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. 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.
  2. ↑ Fossilworks
  3. ↑ Vermetus afer (Gmelin, 1791).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  4. ↑ Vermetus alii Hadfield & Kay, 1972.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  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 goreensis (Gmelin, 1791).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  8. ↑ Vermetus granulatus (Gravenhorst, 1831).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  9. ↑ Vermetus intestinalis (Gmelin, 1791).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  10. ↑ Vermetus masier Deshayes, 1843.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  11. ↑ Vermetus rugulosus Monterosato, 1878.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  12. ↑ Vermetus selectus (Monterasato, 1892).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  13. ↑ Vermetus semisurrectus Bivona Ant., 1832.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  14. ↑ Vermetus triquetrus Bivona Ant., 1832.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  15. ↑ Vermetus cristatus Biondi, 1857.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.
  16. ↑ Vermetus gigas Bivona in Philippi, 1836.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.


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