Vermetus

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Jurassic|Recent}}

| image = Vermetus Pliocene Cyprus aperture view.jpg

| image_caption = Vermetus sp., Nicosia Formation, Pliocene, Cyprus

| taxon = Vermetus

| authority = Daudin, 1800{{No-gastropod-genus-ref}}

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms = *Thylaeodus Mörch, 1860

| type_species = *Vermetus adansonii

| type_species_authority = Daudin, 1800

}}

Vermetus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.{{WRMS species|138652|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}}

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).[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=10660 Fossilworks]

Species

Species within the genus Vermetus include:

;Species brought into synonymy:

References

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  • 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