Vermetus

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic_taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossil range|Jurassic|Recent}} | image = Vermetus Pliocene Cyprus aperture view.jpg | image_caption = ''Vermetus'' sp., Nicosia Formation, Pliocene, Cyprus | taxon = Vermetus | authority = Daudin, 1800{{No-gastropod-genus-ref}} | synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" /> | synonyms = *''Thylaeodus'' Mörch, 1860 | type_species = *''Vermetus adansonii'' | type_species_authority = Daudin, 1800 }}

'''''Vermetus''''' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|138652|''Vermetus'' Daudin, 1800|||Gofas, S. (2009). Vermetus Daudin, 1800. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at <nowiki>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138652</nowiki> on 11 February 2012}}</ref>

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).<ref name=AA>[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=10660 Fossilworks]</ref>

==Species== Species within the genus ''Vermetus'' include: * ''Vermetus adansonii'' Daudin, 1800 * ''Vermetus afer'' (Gmelin, 1791)<ref>{{WRMS species|438934|''Vermetus afer'' (Gmelin, 1791)||9 July 2010}}</ref> * ''Vermetus annulus'' Rousseau in Chenu, 1843 * ''Vermetus balanitintinnabuli'' Mörch, 1862 * ''Vermetus bieleri'' Scuderi, Swinnen & Templado, 2017 * ''Vermetus biperforatus'' Bieler, Collins, Golding & Rawlings, 2019<ref>[https://www.academia.edu/38455960/A_novel_and_enigmatic_two-holed_shell_aperture_in_a_new_species_of_suspension-feeding_worm-snail_Vermetidae_?email_work_card=view-paper Rüdiger Bieler, Timothy M. Collins, Rosemary Golding andTimothy A. Rawlings, A novel and enigmatic two-holed shell aperture in a new species of suspension-feeding worm-snail (Vermetidae); PeerJ, 2019]</ref> * ''Vermetus brasiliensis'' Rousseau in Chenu, 1844 * ''Vermetus carinatus'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 * ''Vermetus dentiferus'' Rousseau in Chenu, 1844 * ''Vermetus enderli'' Schiaparelli & Metivier, 2000<ref>{{WRMS species|458326|''Vermetus enderli'' Schiaparelli & Metivier, 2000||9 July 2010}}</ref> * ''Vermetus eruca'' (Lamarck, 1818)<ref>{{WRMS species|212109|''Vermetus eruca'' (Lamarck, 1818)||9 July 2010}}</ref> (taxon inquirendum) * ''Vermetus granulatus'' (Gravenhorst, 1831)<ref>{{WRMS species|141941|''Vermetus granulatus'' (Gravenhorst, 1831)||9 July 2010}}</ref> * ''Vermetus intestinalis'' (Gmelin, 1791)<ref>{{WRMS species|439946|''Vermetus intestinalis'' (Gmelin, 1791)||9 July 2010}}</ref> (taxon inquirendum) * ''Vermetus periscopium'' Barnard, 1963 * ''Vermetus reticulatus'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 * ''Vermetus sansibaricus'' Thiele, 1925 * ''Vermetus scaber'' Gravenhorst, 1831<ref>{{citation |contribution-url=https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=734070 |contribution=Vermetus scaber |title=Molluscabase |url=https://www.molluscabase.org |date=2023 |publisher=LifeWatch Belgium |location= |last= |first= }}.</ref> * ''Vermetus tonganus'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 * ''Vermetus triquetrus'' Bivona Ant., 1832<ref>{{WRMS species|141944|''Vermetus triquetrus'' Bivona Ant., 1832||9 July 2010}}</ref> * ''Vermetus turonius'' Rousseau in Chenu, 1844 * ''Vermetus vitreus'' Kuroda & Habe, 1972 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Vermetus alii'' Hadfield & Kay, 1972:<ref>{{WRMS species|397202|''Vermetus alii'' Hadfield & Kay, 1972||9 July 2010}}</ref> synonym of ''Eualetes tulipa'' (Rousseau in Chenu, 1843) (subjective synonym) * ''Vermetus annulatus'' Costa, 1861: synonym of ''Filogranula annulata'' (O. G. Costa, 1861) * ''Vermetus calyculatus'' Costa, 1861: synonym of ''Filogranula calyculata'' (O. G. Costa, 1861) * ''Vermetus cariniferus'' Gray, 1843: synonym of ''Spirobranchus carinifer'' (Gray, 1843) * ''Vermetus centiquadrus'' Valenciennes, 1846: synonym of ''Eualetes centiquadrus'' (Valenciennes, 1846) * ''Vermetus cristatus'' Biondi, 1857:<ref>{{WRMS species|238108|''Vermetus cristatus'' Biondi, 1857||9 July 2010}}</ref> synonym of ''Dendropoma petraeum'' * ''Vermetus cyclicus'' Watson, 1886: synonym of ''Ctiloceras cyclicum'' (Watson, 1886) * ''Vermetus gigas'' Bivona in Philippi, 1836:<ref>{{WRMS species|445261|''Vermetus gigas'' Bivona in Philippi, 1836||9 July 2010}}</ref> synonym of ''Serpulorbis arenarius'' * ''Vermetus goreensis'' (Gmelin, 1791):<ref>{{WRMS species|438936|''Vermetus goreensis'' (Gmelin, 1791)||9 July 2010}}</ref> synonym of ''Vermetidae incertae sedis goreensis'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Vermetus indentatus'' (Carpenter, 1857): synonym of ''Thylaeodus indentatus'' (Carpenter, 1857) * ''Vermetus knorrii'' Deshayes, 1843: synonym of ''Vermicularia knorrii'' (Deshayes, 1843) * ''Vermetus masier'' Deshayes, 1843:<ref>{{WRMS species|224600|''Vermetus masier'' Deshayes, 1843||9 July 2010}}</ref> synonym of ''Thylacodes masier'' (Deshayes, 1843) (original combination) * ''Vermetus mutabilis'' Costa, 1861: synonym of ''Filogranula calyculata'' (O. G. Costa, 1861) * ''Vermetus peronii'' Valenciennes, A., 1846: synonym of ''Eualetes centiquadrus'' (Valenciennes, 1846) * ''Vermetus quadrangulus'' Philippi, 1848: synonym of Vermicularia spirata (Philippi, 1836) * ''Vermetus quincunx'' Barnard, 1963: synonym of ''Stephopoma quincunx'' (Barnard, 1963) * ''Vermetus quinquecostatus'' Daudin, 1800: synonym of ''Spirobranchus lima'' (Grube, 1862) * ''Vermetus radilula'' Stimpson, 1851: synonym of ''Vermicularia radicula'' (Stimpson, 1851) * ''Vermetus roseus'' Quoy & Gaimard, 1834: synonym of ''Stephopoma roseum'' (Quoy & Gaimard) * ''Vermetus rugulosus'' Monterosato, 1878:<ref>{{WRMS species|141942|''Vermetus rugulosus'' Monterosato<, 1878||9 July 2010}}</ref> synonym of ''Thylaeodus rugulosus'' (Monterosato, 1878) (original combination) * ''Vermetus selectus'' (Monterosato, 1892):<ref>{{WRMS species|224602|''Vermetus selectus'' (Monterasato, 1892)||9 July 2010}}</ref> synonym of ''Thylacodes arenarius'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Vermetus semisurrectus'' Bivona Ant., 1832:<ref>{{WRMS species|141943|''Vermetus semisurrectus'' Bivona Ant., 1832||9 July 2010}}</ref> synonym of ''Thylaeodus semisurrectus'' (Bivona-Bernardi, 1832) (original combination) * ''Vermetus spiratus'' Philippi, 1836: synonym of Vermicularia spirata (Philippi, 1836) * ''Vermetus tridentatus'' Daudin, 1800: synonym of ''Placostegus tridentatus'' (Fabricius, 1779)

==References== {{Reflist}} * 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. 180–213

==External links== * [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96153 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] * [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27756384 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] * [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02948p103.pdf 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]

Category:Vermetidae Category:Callovian first appearances Category:Extant Middle Jurassic first appearances