Vermetus

Vermetus; Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Vermetus sp., Nicosia Formation, Pliocene, Cyprus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Vermetidae
Genus:	Vermetus; Daudin, 1800
Type species
	*Vermetus adansonii; Daudin, 1800
Synonyms
	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:

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

^ ^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

[WoRMS-1] 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 .

[AA-2] Fossilworks

[3] Vermetus afer (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.

[4] 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

[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 granulatus (Gravenhorst, 1831). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.

[8] Vermetus intestinalis (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.

[9] "Vermetus scaber", Molluscabase, LifeWatch Belgium, 2023.

[10] Vermetus triquetrus Bivona Ant., 1832. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.

[11] Vermetus alii Hadfield & Kay, 1972. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.

[12] Vermetus cristatus Biondi, 1857. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.

[13] Vermetus gigas Bivona in Philippi, 1836. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.

[14] Vermetus goreensis (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.

[15] Vermetus masier Deshayes, 1843. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.

[16] Vermetus rugulosus Monterosato<, 1878. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.

[17] Vermetus selectus (Monterasato, 1892). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.

[18] Vermetus semisurrectus Bivona Ant., 1832. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 July 2010.

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