MolluscaBase taxon details
Vermicularia spirata (R. A. Philippi, 1836)
160074 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160074)
accepted
Species
Vermetus bicarinatus Deshayes, 1843 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Vermetus bricarinatus Deshayes, 1843 · unaccepted (original misspelling)
Vermetus indicus Rousseau, 1844 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (invalid: junior primary homonym...)
invalid: junior primary homonym of Vermetus indicus Daudin, 1800
Vermetus quadrangulus R. A. Philippi, 1848 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Vermetus radicula W. Stimpson, 1851 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Vermetus spiratus R. A. Philippi, 1836 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Vermicularia bicarinata (Deshayes, 1843) · unaccepted
Vermicularia indica (Rousseau, 1844) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Vermicularia radicula (W. Stimpson, 1851) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Vermiculus spiratus (R. A. Philippi, 1836) · unaccepted (genus invalid)
Vermiculus spiratus var. bicarinata Mörch, 1861 · unaccepted (infrasubspecific)
Vermiculus spiratus var. cinerea Mörch, 1861 · unaccepted (infrasubspecific)
Vermiculus spiratus var. melanosclera Mörch, 1861 · unaccepted (infrasubspecific)
Vermiculus spiratus var. quadrangularis Mörch, 1861 · unaccepted (infrasubspecific)
Vermiculus spiratus var. scalaris Mörch, 1861 · unaccepted (infrasubspecific)
Vermiculus spiratus var. teres Mörch, 1861 · unaccepted (infrasubspecific)
Vermiculus spiratus var. ungulina Mörch, 1861 · unaccepted (infrasubspecific)
- Variety Vermicularia spirata var. trilineata (Guppy, 1867) † accepted as Vermicularia weberi Olsson & Harbison, 1953 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Vermetus spiratus R. A. Philippi, 1836) Philippi, R. A. (1836). Beschreibung einiger neuen Conchylien-Arten und Bemerkungen über die Gattung <i>Lacuna</i> von Turton. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 2(1): 224–235, pls. 7–8., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4971749
page(s): 224-225 [details]
page(s): 224-225 [details]
Distribution Virginian, southside of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras
Distribution Virginian, southside of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vermicularia spirata (R. A. Philippi, 1836). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160074 on 2025-04-30
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
original description
(of Vermetus radicula W. Stimpson, 1851) Stimpson, W. (1851). <i>Shells of New England; a revision of the synonymy of the testaceous mollusks of New England, with notes on their structure and their geographical and bathymetrical distribution, with figures of new species</i>. Phillips, Sampson and Company, Boston. 56 + [2] pp., 2 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13065308
page(s): 37-38 [details]
original description (of Vermetus spiratus R. A. Philippi, 1836) Philippi, R. A. (1836). Beschreibung einiger neuen Conchylien-Arten und Bemerkungen über die Gattung <i>Lacuna</i> von Turton. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 2(1): 224–235, pls. 7–8., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4971749
page(s): 224-225 [details]
original description (of Vermetus quadrangulus R. A. Philippi, 1848) Philippi, R. A. (1847-1848). Testaceorum novorum centuria. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 4(5): 71-77; 4(6): 84-96; 4(8): 113-127 [1847]; 5(1): 13-16; 5(2): 17-27 [1848]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292065
page(s): 17 [details]
original description (of Vermiculus spiratus var. cinerea Mörch, 1861) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1861). Review of the Vermetidae (Part I). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1861: 145-181, pl. 25 [September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672669
page(s): p. 174. [details]
original description (of Vermiculus spiratus var. bicarinata Mörch, 1861) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1861). Review of the Vermetidae (Part I). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1861: 145-181, pl. 25 [September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672669
page(s): p. 174. [details]
original description (of Vermiculus spiratus var. melanosclera Mörch, 1861) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1861). Review of the Vermetidae (Part I). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1861: 145-181, pl. 25 [September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672669
page(s): p. 174. [details]
original description (of Vermiculus spiratus var. quadrangularis Mörch, 1861) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1861). Review of the Vermetidae (Part I). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1861: 145-181, pl. 25 [September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672669
page(s): p. 174. [details]
original description (of Vermiculus spiratus var. scalaris Mörch, 1861) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1861). Review of the Vermetidae (Part I). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1861: 145-181, pl. 25 [September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672669
page(s): p. 175. [details]
original description (of Vermiculus spiratus var. teres Mörch, 1861) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1861). Review of the Vermetidae (Part I). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1861: 145-181, pl. 25 [September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672669
page(s): p. 175. [details]
original description (of Vermiculus spiratus var. ungulina Mörch, 1861) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1861). Review of the Vermetidae (Part I). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1861: 145-181, pl. 25 [September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672669
page(s): p. 174-175 [details]
original description (of Vermetus bicarinatus Deshayes, 1843) Deshayes, G. P.; Milne Edwards, H. (1843). <i>Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent, par J. B. P. A. de Lamarck</i>. Deuxième édition, Tome neuvième. <i>Histoire des Mollusques</i>. J. B. Baillière: Paris. 728 pp. [Deshayes sole author of the new molluscan names]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64019
page(s): 67 [details]
original description (of Vermetus bricarinatus Deshayes, 1843) Deshayes, G. P.; Milne Edwards, H. (1843). <i>Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent, par J. B. P. A. de Lamarck</i>. Deuxième édition, Tome neuvième. <i>Histoire des Mollusques</i>. J. B. Baillière: Paris. 728 pp. [Deshayes sole author of the new molluscan names]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64019
page(s): 67 [details]
original description (of Vermetus indicus Rousseau, 1844) Chenu, J. C. (1843-1845). G[enus] <i>Vermetus</i>. Illustrations Conchyliologiques. [no text], pl. 1 [1843], pls. 2–5 [1844], pl. 5* [1845]., available online at http://www.biolib.de/chenu/conchilia_tafeln_1/icon_page_00210.html
page(s): pl. 3, fig. 2 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]
basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
basis of record Anderson, B. M.; Allmon, W. D. (2023). Phylogeny and systematics of fossil and Recent <i>Vermicularia</i> (Caenogastropoda: Turritellidae). <em>Malacologia.</em> 66 (1-2): 1-60., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.066.0101
page(s): 31, figs 9, 49–63 [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Mansfield, W. C. (1930). Miocene gastropods and scaphopods of the Choctawhatchee Formation of Florida. <em>Florida State Geological Survey, Bulletin.</em> 3: 1-185, 21 pls., available online at https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00000437/00001
page(s): 103-104, pl. 14, fig. 11 [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Maury, C. J. (1925). A further contribution to the paleontology of Trinidad (Miocene Horizons). <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 10(42): 153-402, pls. 1-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32509152
page(s): 379-380, pl. 41, fig. 13 [details]
page(s): 37-38 [details]
original description (of Vermetus spiratus R. A. Philippi, 1836) Philippi, R. A. (1836). Beschreibung einiger neuen Conchylien-Arten und Bemerkungen über die Gattung <i>Lacuna</i> von Turton. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 2(1): 224–235, pls. 7–8., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4971749
page(s): 224-225 [details]
original description (of Vermetus quadrangulus R. A. Philippi, 1848) Philippi, R. A. (1847-1848). Testaceorum novorum centuria. <em>Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie.</em> 4(5): 71-77; 4(6): 84-96; 4(8): 113-127 [1847]; 5(1): 13-16; 5(2): 17-27 [1848]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16292065
page(s): 17 [details]
original description (of Vermiculus spiratus var. cinerea Mörch, 1861) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1861). Review of the Vermetidae (Part I). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1861: 145-181, pl. 25 [September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672669
page(s): p. 174. [details]
original description (of Vermiculus spiratus var. bicarinata Mörch, 1861) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1861). Review of the Vermetidae (Part I). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1861: 145-181, pl. 25 [September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672669
page(s): p. 174. [details]
original description (of Vermiculus spiratus var. melanosclera Mörch, 1861) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1861). Review of the Vermetidae (Part I). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1861: 145-181, pl. 25 [September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672669
page(s): p. 174. [details]
original description (of Vermiculus spiratus var. quadrangularis Mörch, 1861) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1861). Review of the Vermetidae (Part I). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1861: 145-181, pl. 25 [September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672669
page(s): p. 174. [details]
original description (of Vermiculus spiratus var. scalaris Mörch, 1861) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1861). Review of the Vermetidae (Part I). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1861: 145-181, pl. 25 [September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672669
page(s): p. 175. [details]
original description (of Vermiculus spiratus var. teres Mörch, 1861) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1861). Review of the Vermetidae (Part I). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1861: 145-181, pl. 25 [September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672669
page(s): p. 175. [details]
original description (of Vermiculus spiratus var. ungulina Mörch, 1861) Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1861). Review of the Vermetidae (Part I). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1861: 145-181, pl. 25 [September]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672669
page(s): p. 174-175 [details]
original description (of Vermetus bicarinatus Deshayes, 1843) Deshayes, G. P.; Milne Edwards, H. (1843). <i>Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent, par J. B. P. A. de Lamarck</i>. Deuxième édition, Tome neuvième. <i>Histoire des Mollusques</i>. J. B. Baillière: Paris. 728 pp. [Deshayes sole author of the new molluscan names]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64019
page(s): 67 [details]
original description (of Vermetus bricarinatus Deshayes, 1843) Deshayes, G. P.; Milne Edwards, H. (1843). <i>Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent, par J. B. P. A. de Lamarck</i>. Deuxième édition, Tome neuvième. <i>Histoire des Mollusques</i>. J. B. Baillière: Paris. 728 pp. [Deshayes sole author of the new molluscan names]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64019
page(s): 67 [details]
original description (of Vermetus indicus Rousseau, 1844) Chenu, J. C. (1843-1845). G[enus] <i>Vermetus</i>. Illustrations Conchyliologiques. [no text], pl. 1 [1843], pls. 2–5 [1844], pl. 5* [1845]., available online at http://www.biolib.de/chenu/conchilia_tafeln_1/icon_page_00210.html
page(s): pl. 3, fig. 2 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]
basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
basis of record Anderson, B. M.; Allmon, W. D. (2023). Phylogeny and systematics of fossil and Recent <i>Vermicularia</i> (Caenogastropoda: Turritellidae). <em>Malacologia.</em> 66 (1-2): 1-60., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.066.0101
page(s): 31, figs 9, 49–63 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Mansfield, W. C. (1930). Miocene gastropods and scaphopods of the Choctawhatchee Formation of Florida. <em>Florida State Geological Survey, Bulletin.</em> 3: 1-185, 21 pls., available online at https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00000437/00001
page(s): 103-104, pl. 14, fig. 11 [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Maury, C. J. (1925). A further contribution to the paleontology of Trinidad (Miocene Horizons). <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 10(42): 153-402, pls. 1-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32509152
page(s): 379-380, pl. 41, fig. 13 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Virginian, southside of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | West Indian wormsnailWest Indian worm-shellnorthern wormsnail [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Vermicularia radicula (W. Stimpson, 1851))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Vermetus indicus Rousseau, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Vermicularia spirata)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Vermetus spiratus R. A. Philippi, 1836)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Vermetus quadrangulus R. A. Philippi, 1848)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Vermiculus spiratus (R. A. Philippi, 1836))
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Vermicularia bicarinata (Deshayes, 1843))
To Malacopics (Vermicularia spirata (R. A. Philippi, 1836))
To NHMUK Zoology collection database
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Vermetus radicula W. Stimpson, 1851)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 032256)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Vermicularia radicula (W. Stimpson, 1851))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Vermetus indicus Rousseau, 1844)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Vermicularia spirata)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Vermetus spiratus R. A. Philippi, 1836)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Vermetus quadrangulus R. A. Philippi, 1848)
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Vermiculus spiratus (R. A. Philippi, 1836))
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Vermicularia bicarinata (Deshayes, 1843))
To Malacopics (Vermicularia spirata (R. A. Philippi, 1836))
To NHMUK Zoology collection database
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Vermetus radicula W. Stimpson, 1851)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 032256)
To ITIS
.jpg "To Malacopics (Vermicularia spirata (R. A. Philippi, 1836))")
