Vermetus afer

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| taxon = Vermetus afer

| authority = (Gmelin, 1791)

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| synonyms = *Serpula afra Gmelin, 1791

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Vermetus afer is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.{{WRMS species|438934|Vermetus afer (Gmelin, 1791)|||WoRMS (2009). Vermetus afer (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=438934 on 9 July 2010}}