Vermetus

Vermetus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.^[1]

Vermetus Temporal range: Jurassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Vermetus sp., Nicosia Formation, Pliocene, Cyprus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Vermetidae
Genus:	Vermetus Daudin, 1800
Type species
*Vermetus adansonii Daudin, 1800
Synonyms[1]
Thylaeodus Mörch, 1860

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).^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Vermetus include:

• Vermetus adansonii Daudin, 1800
• Vermetus afer (Gmelin, 1791)^[3]
• Vermetus annulus Rousseau in Chenu, 1843
• Vermetus balanitintinnabuli Mörch, 1862
• Vermetus bieleri Scuderi, Swinnen & Templado, 2017
• Vermetus biperforatus Bieler, Collins, Golding & Rawlings, 2019^[4]
• Vermetus brasiliensis Rousseau in Chenu, 1844
• Vermetus carinatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
• Vermetus dentiferus Rousseau in Chenu, 1844
• Vermetus enderli Schiaparelli & Metivier, 2000^[5]
• Vermetus eruca (Lamarck, 1818)^[6] (taxon inquirendum)
• Vermetus granulatus (Gravenhorst, 1831)^[7]
• Vermetus intestinalis (Gmelin, 1791)^[8] (taxon inquirendum)
• Vermetus periscopium Barnard, 1963
• Vermetus reticulatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
• Vermetus sansibaricus Thiele, 1925
• Vermetus scaber Gravenhorst, 1831^[9]
• Vermetus tonganus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
• Vermetus triquetrus Bivona Ant., 1832^[10]
• Vermetus turonius Rousseau in Chenu, 1844
• Vermetus vitreus Kuroda & Habe, 1972

Species brought into synonymy

• Vermetus alii Hadfield & Kay, 1972:^[11] 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:^[12] synonym of Dendropoma petraeum
• Vermetus cyclicus Watson, 1886: synonym of Ctiloceras cyclicum (Watson, 1886)
• Vermetus gigas Bivona in Philippi, 1836:^[13] synonym of Serpulorbis arenarius
• Vermetus goreensis (Gmelin, 1791):^[14] 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:^[15] 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:^[16] synonym of Thylaeodus rugulosus (Monterosato, 1878) (original combination)
• Vermetus selectus (Monterosato, 1892):^[17] synonym of Thylacodes arenarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Vermetus semisurrectus Bivona Ant., 1832:^[18] 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)