Vermetus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.
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).
Species
Species within the genus Vermetus include:
- Vermetus adansonii <small>Daudin, 1800</small>
- Vermetus afer (<small>Gmelin</small>, 1791)
- Vermetus annulus <small>Rousseau in Chenu, 1843</small>
- Vermetus balanitintinnabuli <small>Mörch, 1862</small>
- Vermetus bieleri <small>Scuderi, Swinnen & Templado, 2017</small>
- Vermetus biperforatus <small>Bieler, Collins, Golding & Rawlings, 2019</small>
- Vermetus brasiliensis <small>Rousseau in Chenu, 1844</small>
- Vermetus carinatus <small>Quoy & Gaimard, 1834</small>
- Vermetus dentiferus <small>Rousseau in Chenu, 1844</small>
- Vermetus enderli <small>Schiaparelli & Metivier, 2000</small>
- Vermetus eruca <small>(Lamarck, 1818)</small> (taxon inquirendum)
- Vermetus granulatus <small>(Gravenhorst, 1831)</small>
- Vermetus intestinalis <small>(Gmelin</small>, 1791) (taxon inquirendum)
- Vermetus periscopium <small>Barnard, 1963</small>
- Vermetus reticulatus <small>Quoy & Gaimard, 1834</small>
- Vermetus sansibaricus <small>Thiele, 1925</small>
- Vermetus scaber <small>Gravenhorst, 1831</small>
- Vermetus tonganus <small>Quoy & Gaimard, 1834</small>
- Vermetus triquetrus <small>Bivona Ant., 1832</small>
- Vermetus turonius <small>Rousseau in Chenu, 1844</small>
- Vermetus vitreus <small>Kuroda & Habe, 1972</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Vermetus alii <small>Hadfield & Kay, 1972</small>: synonym of Eualetes tulipa <small>(Rousseau in Chenu, 1843)</small> (subjective synonym)
- Vermetus annulatus <small>Costa, 1861</small>: synonym of Filogranula annulata (O. G. Costa, 1861)
- Vermetus calyculatus <small>Costa, 1861</small>: synonym of Filogranula calyculata (O. G. Costa, 1861)
- Vermetus cariniferus <small>Gray, 1843</small>: synonym of Spirobranchus carinifer (Gray, 1843)
- Vermetus centiquadrus <small>Valenciennes, 1846</small>: synonym of Eualetes centiquadrus <small>(Valenciennes, 1846)</small>
- Vermetus cristatus Biondi, 1857: synonym of Dendropoma petraeum
- Vermetus cyclicus Watson, 1886: synonym of Ctiloceras cyclicum (Watson, 1886)
- Vermetus gigas Bivona in Philippi, 1836: synonym of Serpulorbis arenarius
- Vermetus goreensis <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>: synonym of Vermetidae incertae sedis goreensis <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
- Vermetus indentatus <small>(Carpenter, 1857)</small>: synonym of Thylaeodus indentatus <small>(Carpenter, 1857)</small>
- Vermetus knorrii Deshayes, 1843: synonym of Vermicularia knorrii (Deshayes, 1843)
- Vermetus masier <small>Deshayes, 1843</small>: synonym of Thylacodes masier <small>(Deshayes, 1843)</small> (original combination)
- Vermetus mutabilis Costa, 1861: synonym of Filogranula calyculata (O. G. Costa, 1861)
- Vermetus peronii <small>Valenciennes, A., 1846</small>: synonym of Eualetes centiquadrus <small>(Valenciennes, 1846)</small>
- Vermetus quadrangulus <small>Philippi</small>, 1848: synonym of Vermicularia spirata (Philippi, 1836)
- Vermetus quincunx <small>Barnard, 1963</small>: synonym of Stephopoma quincunx (Barnard, 1963)
- Vermetus quinquecostatus <small>Daudin, 1800</small>: synonym of Spirobranchus lima (Grube, 1862)
- Vermetus radilula <small>Stimpson, 1851</small>: synonym of Vermicularia radicula (Stimpson, 1851)
- Vermetus roseus <small>Quoy & Gaimard, 1834</small>: synonym of Stephopoma roseum (Quoy & Gaimard)
- Vermetus rugulosus <small>Monterosato</small>, 1878: synonym of Thylaeodus rugulosus <small>(Monterosato, 1878)</small> (original combination)
- Vermetus selectus <small>(Monterosato, 1892)</small>: synonym of Thylacodes arenarius <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Vermetus semisurrectus <small>Bivona Ant., 1832</small>: synonym of Thylaeodus semisurrectus (Bivona-Bernardi, 1832) (original combination)
- Vermetus spiratus <small>Philippi, 1836</small>: synonym of Vermicularia spirata (Philippi, 1836)
- Vermetus tridentatus <small>Daudin, 1800:</small> synonym of Placostegus tridentatus (Fabricius, 1779)
References
- 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. 180âÂÂ213
External links
- 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
- 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
- Bieler, R.; Petit, R. E. (2011). Catalogue of Recent and fossil âÂÂworm-snailâ taxa of the families Vermetidae, Siliquariidae, and Turritellidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). Zootaxa. 2948, 1-103