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Vermetus

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Description

Vermetus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermetus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	5192885	https://www.gbif.org/species/5192885
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	10660	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=10660

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Vermetidae : Vermetus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Vermetidae : Vermetus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
superorder	Hypsogastropoda
infraorder	Littorinimorpha	Golikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamily	Vermetoidea	Rafinesque 1815
family	Vermetidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Vermetus	Daudin 1800

Scientific Name

Vermetus Daudin, 1800

Name Published In

Daudin, F. M. 1800. Recueil de mémoires et de notes sur des espèces inédites ou peu connues de mollusques, de vers et de zoophytes. Fuchs; Treuttel et Wurtz, Paris.: i-xviii; 19-50; pls. 1-4.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Vermetus	genus	belongs to Vermetidae	stated without evidence	Martin, 1904
Vermetus	genus	belongs to Vermetidae	implied	Wilson, 1993
Vermetus	genus	belongs to Vermetidae	stated with evidence	Pacaud and Le Renard, 1995
Vermetus	genus	belongs to Neotaenioglossa	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

4 (22%)

First Recorded Appearance

168 - 166 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Vermetidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Vermetidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermetus

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Vermetus (Bivonia) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		5	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Vermetus (Thylaeodus) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		10	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Vermetus adansonii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus afer species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus anguis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Vermetus annulatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus annulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus balanitintinnabuli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus benoisti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus bieleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus biperforatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus brasiliensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus carinatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus carmatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Vermetus caylai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus compactus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus cornejoi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	145 Ma Late Jurassic	133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Vermetus corneus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus corrugatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus cristatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	23.0 Ma Miocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Vermetus dentiferus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus dijki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus echinulatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus elegans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus enderi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus eruca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus franciscanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus giganteus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Vermetus granulatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus hanguensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	61.6 Ma Paleocene	61.6 Ma Paleocene
Vermetus imbricatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus intestinalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus javanus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		16	23.0 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Vermetus jonicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus junghuhni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	48.6 Ma Eocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Vermetus lumbricalis species	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Vermetus maxima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus maximus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Vermetus nigeriensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus periscopium species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus polygonus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus poritis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus pulcher species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Vermetus quoyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus reticulatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus rietensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus rumphii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus sansibaricus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus serpuloides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus simulans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus solariiformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus spinulosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus stampinensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Vermetus subglomeratus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus tokyoensis species	listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Vermetus tonganus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus triquetrus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus turcicus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus turonius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus turritella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vermetus vitreus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1800	Vermetus Daudin
1904	Vermetus Martin p. 323
1935	Vermetus Oostingh p. 6
1939	Vermetus Mukerjee p. 47
1993	Vermetus Wilson p. 171
1995	Vermetus Pacaud and Le Renard p. 157
2001	Vermetus Todd
2002	Vermetus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Martin G. C. (1904) Gastropoda, Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text, 131-269

Oostingh C. H. (1935) Die Mollusken des Pliozäns von Boemiajoe (Java), Dienst van den Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië Wetenschappelijke Mededeelingen 26, 1-247

Mukerjee P. N. (1939) Fossil fauna from the Tertiary of Garo Hills, Assam, Palaeontologia Indica 28 1, 1-101

Wilson B. (1993) , Australian Marine Shells 1

Pacaud J.-M., Le Renard J. (1995) Révision des Mollusques Paléogénes du Bassin de Paris. IV - Liste systématique actualisée, Cossmanniana 3 4, 155-187

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections

NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per base taxon - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Leçons Comp. Anat., 1, tab - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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. [February] - via World Register of Marine Species

SN2000/Ruppert et al., 2004 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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. - via World Register of Marine Species

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. - via World Register of Marine Species

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. - via World Register of Marine Species

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. - via World Register of Marine Species

Bandel & Kiel, 2000 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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