Vetulonia (gastropod)

Vetulonia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.

Description

(Original description) The small shell is turbiniform, thin and umbilicated. It shows radiating ribs crossing spiral threads . The peristome is interrupted by the body whorl . The outer lip in the completely adult is reflected and somewhat thickened. The aperture is unarmed.

Species

Species within the genus Vetulonia include:

• Vetulonia densilirata <small>Dall, 1927</small>
• Vetulonia galapagana <small>Dall, 1913</small>
• Vetulonia giacobbei <small>Renda & Micali, 2016</small>
• Vetulonia parajeffreysi <small>Absalão & Pimenta, 2005</small>
• Vetulonia paucivaricosa <small>(Dautzenberg, 1889)</small>
• Vetulonia phalcata <small>Warén & Bouchet, 1993</small>
• † Vetulonia philippinensis <small>Kiel, Aguilar & Kase, 2020</small>

• Vetulonia cancellata <small>(Jeffreys, 1883)</small>: synonym of Vetulonia paucivaricosa <small>(Dautzenberg, 1889)</small>
• Vetulonia jeffreysi <small>Dall, 1913</small>: synonym of Vetulonia paucivaricosa <small>(Dautzenberg, 1889)</small>
• Vetulonia josephinae <small>Dall, 1927</small>: synonym of Vetulonia paucivaricosa <small>(Dautzenberg, 1889)</small>

References

• Warén, A. & Bouchet, P. (1993). New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. Zoologica Scripta. 22: 1-90.
• Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press,

External links

• Kano, Y.; Chikyu, E.; Warén, A. (2009). Morphological, ecological and molecular characterization of the enigmatic planispiral snail genus Adeuomphalus (Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 75(4): 397-418.