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Vermetidae
| Description | The Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells, are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. The shells of species in the family Vermetidae are extremely irregular, and do not resemble the average snail shell, hence the common name "worm shells" or "worm snails". From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermetidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Vermetidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Vermetidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Common Name | worm shell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Vermetidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 53 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 21 (40%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 343 - 339 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecospace Comments | LIFE HISTORY: Suspension feeding and particle catching by mucuous web; suspension-feeder according to Todd (2001). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. L. Beesley. 1998. Mollusca: the southern synthesis. Fauna of Australia 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Worm Shell, Wurmschnecken, Worm Shells, Worm Snails, Worm-snails, ムカデガイ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermetidae |
External Images
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Dendropomatinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Vermetinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 278 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Burtinella genus | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Ceraesignum genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cerithiovermetus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cupolaconcha genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Dendropoma genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 19 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Elliptovermetus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Eualetes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Lementina genus | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Lemintina genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 28 | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Macrophragma genus | listed (PBDB) | 9 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Magilina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Novastoa genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Petaloconchus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 278 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Serpulorbis genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 274 | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Spiroglyptus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Thylacodes genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Thylaeodus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tripsycha genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Vermetus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 136 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Vermitoma genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siliquaria aegyptiaca species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siliquaria subanguina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1815 | Vermetidae Rafinesque |
| 1904 | Vermetidae Martin p. 231 |
| 1987 | Vermetidae Ward and Blackwelder p. 131 |
| 1988 | Vermetidae Ponder and Warén p. 300 |
| 1992 | Vermetidae Ward p. 119 |
| 1995 | Vermetidae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 157 |
| 1998 | Vermetidae Beesley p. 779 |
| 2001 | Vermetidae Todd |
| 2005 | Vermetidae Bouchet et al. p. 253 |
| 2010 | Vermetidae Landau and Marques da Silva p. 33 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
