Vermetus
{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
{{Automatic_taxobox
| 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 = *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
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:
- Vermetus adansonii Daudin, 1800
- Vermetus afer (Gmelin, 1791){{WRMS species|438934|Vermetus afer (Gmelin, 1791)||9 July 2010}}
- Vermetus annulus Rousseau in Chenu, 1843
- Vermetus balanitintinnabuli Mörch, 1862
- Vermetus bieleri Scuderi, Swinnen & Templado, 2017
- Vermetus biperforatus Bieler, Collins, Golding & Rawlings, 2019[https://www.academia.edu/38455960/A_novel_and_enigmatic_two-holed_shell_aperture_in_a_new_species_of_suspension-feeding_worm-snail_Vermetidae_?email_work_card=view-paper 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 brasiliensis Rousseau in Chenu, 1844
- Vermetus carinatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
- Vermetus dentiferus Rousseau in Chenu, 1844
- Vermetus enderli Schiaparelli & Metivier, 2000{{WRMS species|458326|Vermetus enderli Schiaparelli & Metivier, 2000||9 July 2010}}
- Vermetus eruca (Lamarck, 1818){{WRMS species|212109|Vermetus eruca (Lamarck, 1818)||9 July 2010}} (taxon inquirendum)
- Vermetus granulatus (Gravenhorst, 1831){{WRMS species|141941|Vermetus granulatus (Gravenhorst, 1831)||9 July 2010}}
- Vermetus intestinalis (Gmelin, 1791){{WRMS species|439946|Vermetus intestinalis (Gmelin, 1791)||9 July 2010}} (taxon inquirendum)
- Vermetus periscopium Barnard, 1963
- Vermetus reticulatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
- Vermetus sansibaricus Thiele, 1925
- Vermetus scaber Gravenhorst, 1831{{citation |contribution-url=https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=734070 |contribution=Vermetus scaber |title=Molluscabase |url=https://www.molluscabase.org |date=2023 |publisher=LifeWatch Belgium |location= |last= |first= }}.
- Vermetus tonganus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
- Vermetus triquetrus Bivona Ant., 1832{{WRMS species|141944|Vermetus triquetrus Bivona Ant., 1832||9 July 2010}}
- Vermetus turonius Rousseau in Chenu, 1844
- Vermetus vitreus Kuroda & Habe, 1972
;Species brought into synonymy:
- Vermetus alii Hadfield & Kay, 1972:{{WRMS species|397202|Vermetus alii Hadfield & Kay, 1972||9 July 2010}} 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:{{WRMS species|238108|Vermetus cristatus Biondi, 1857||9 July 2010}} synonym of Dendropoma petraeum
- Vermetus cyclicus Watson, 1886: synonym of Ctiloceras cyclicum (Watson, 1886)
- Vermetus gigas Bivona in Philippi, 1836:{{WRMS species|445261|Vermetus gigas Bivona in Philippi, 1836||9 July 2010}} synonym of Serpulorbis arenarius
- Vermetus goreensis (Gmelin, 1791):{{WRMS species|438936|Vermetus goreensis (Gmelin, 1791)||9 July 2010}} 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:{{WRMS species|224600|Vermetus masier Deshayes, 1843||9 July 2010}} 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:{{WRMS species|141942|Vermetus rugulosus Monterosato<, 1878||9 July 2010}} synonym of Thylaeodus rugulosus (Monterosato, 1878) (original combination)
- Vermetus selectus (Monterosato, 1892):{{WRMS species|224602|Vermetus selectus (Monterasato, 1892)||9 July 2010}} synonym of Thylacodes arenarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Vermetus semisurrectus Bivona Ant., 1832:{{WRMS species|141943|Vermetus semisurrectus Bivona Ant., 1832||9 July 2010}} 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
{{Reflist}}
- 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
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96153 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]
- [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27756384 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]
- [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02948p103.pdf 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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