WoRMS taxon details

Vermetidae Rafinesque, 1815

23139  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:23139)

accepted
Family
Genus Ceraesignum Golding, Bieler, Rawlings & T. Collins, 2014
Genus Cerithiovermetus Bandel, 2006
Genus Cupolaconcha Golding, Bieler, Rawlings & T. M. Collins, 2014
Genus Dendropoma Mörch, 1861
Genus Eualetes Keen, 1971
Genus Novastoa Finlay, 1926
Genus Petaloconchus H. C. Lea, 1843
Genus Thylacodes Guettard, 1770
Genus Thylaeodus Mörch, 1860
Genus Tripsycha Keen, 1961
Genus Vermetus Daudin, 1800

Genus Aletes P. P. Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Thylacodes Guettard, 1770 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Bivonia Gray, 1842 accepted as Dendropoma Mörch, 1861 (junior homonym of Bivonia Cocco, 1832 in Crustacea)
Genus Cladopoda Gray, 1850 accepted as Thylacodes Guettard, 1770 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Macrophragma P. P. Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Petaloconchus H. C. Lea, 1843
Genus Serpulorbis Sasso, 1827 accepted as Thylacodes Guettard, 1770 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
Genus Siphonium Gray, 1850 accepted as Dendropoma Mörch, 1861 (junior homonym of Siphonium Link, 1807)
Genus Tetranemia Mörch, 1859 accepted as Thylacodes Guettard, 1770 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Thylacodus Mörch, 1860 accepted as Petaloconchus H. C. Lea, 1843
Genus Tulaxoda Blainville, 1828 accepted as Thylacodes Guettard, 1770 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
Genus Tulaxodus Guettard, 1770 accepted as Thylacodes Guettard, 1770 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
Genus Veristoa Iredale, 1937 accepted as Dendropoma Mörch, 1861 (subjective synonym)
Genus Vermiculus "Da Costa, 1776" accepted as Dofania Mörch, 1860 (non-binominal)

Subfamily Dendropomatinae Bandel & Kowalke, 1997
Subfamily Vermetinae Rafinesque, 1815

Genus Vermetidae incertae sedis (temporary name)

Genus Dofania Mörch, 1860 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Genus Magilina Vélain, 1877 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
Genus Spiroglyphus Daudin, 1800 (uncertain > nomen dubium, invalid: on Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology)
Genus Vermitoma Kuroda, 1928 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine
recent + fossil
Not documented
MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vermetidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23139 on 2023-05-31
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2009-04-24 18:07:06Z
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basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2011). Catalogue of Recent and fossil “worm-snail” taxa of the families Vermetidae, Siliquariidae, and Turritellidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2948: 1-103., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02948p103.pdf [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
From editor or global species database
Classification The position of the Vermetidae has been controversial. However, sperm ultrastructure (Healy, 1988) and molecular data (e.g., Colgan et al. 2000) clearly show that it belongs in the Littorinimorpha although placement in the Cerithioidea still persist (e.g. Bandel & Kowalke, 1997; Kowalke, 1998; Bandel & Kiel, 2000). Lydeard et al. (2002) found Campanile and Serpulorbis [= Thylacodes] formed a clade that was sister to the Cerithioidea but outgroup sampling in this analysis was limited. [details]
LanguageName 
English worm-snailsworm snailsworm shells  [details]
German Wurmschnecken  [details]
Japanese ムカデガイ科  [details]