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Vermetidae
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Vermetidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Common Name | worm shell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 (based on Vermetidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Vermetidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Serpulorbis genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 274 | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Vermetus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 136 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant |
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!
