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Vermicularia spirata (R. A. Philippi, 1836)

160074 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160074)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Gastropoda
  5. Caenogastropoda
  6. Caenogastropoda incertae sedis
  7. Cerithioidea
  8. Turritellidae
  9. Turritellinae
  10. Vermicularia
  11. Vermicularia spirata
accepted
Species
Vermicularia Lamarck, 1799
Vermicularia radicula (W. Stimpson, 1851) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of ) 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] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Vermicularia spirata (R. A. Philippi, 1836). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=160074 on 2026-08-29
NARMS (2026). Vermicularia spirata (R. A. Philippi, 1836). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=160074 on 2026-08-29
Date
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2005-05-30 09:27:08Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-03-31 06:40:42Z
checked
Rosenberg, Gary
2012-11-01 13:39:16Z
changed
Bieler, Rüdiger
2023-02-28 12:49:09Z
changed
Neubauer, Thomas A.
2026-06-15 13:11:23Z
changed
Vos, Chris

original description (of ) 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] OpenAccess publication

context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [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  PDF available

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] 

additional source Jung, P. (1969). Miocene and Pliocene mollusks from Trinidad. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 55(247): 289-657., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10654201
page(s): p. 442, pl. 44, fig. 11. [details] 

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): p. 103-104, pl. 14, fig. 11. [details] 

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): p. 379-380, pl. 41, fig. 13. [details] 

additional source Olsson, A. A.; Harbison, A. (1953). Pliocene Mollusca of southern Florida with special reference to those from North Saint Petersburg. <em>Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 8: 1-457, pls 1-65.
page(s): p. 306-307. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Petuch, E. J. (1994). <i>Atlas of Florida Fossil Shells</i>. Evanston, Illinois: Chicago Spectrum Press. 394 pp., 20 figs., 100 pls.
page(s): pl. 13, fig. U. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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  PDF available

additional source Ward, L.W. & Blackwelder, B.W. (1987). Late Pliocene and early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at the Lee Creek Mine. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology.</em> 61: 113-283., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58085640
page(s): p. 168, pl. 35, figs 6-8. [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Woodring, W. P. (1928). Miocene mollusks from Bowden, Jamaica. 2. Gastropods and discussion of results. <em>Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication.</em> 385: vii + 564 pp., 40 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59220479
page(s): p. 344-345, pl. 26, fig. 5. [details] 
 
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LanguageName 
English West Indian wormsnailnorthern 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 (40 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Vermicularia spirata) 
To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 3 proteins) 
To Malacopics (Vermicularia spirata (R. A. Philippi, 1836) United States, South Carolina) 
To NHMUK Zoology collection database 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 032256) 
To ITIS
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