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Vermetidae Rafinesque, 1815

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

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Gastropoda
  5. Caenogastropoda
  6. Littorinimorpha
  7. Vermetoidea
  8. Vermetidae
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Vermetoidea Rafinesque, 1815

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  1. Genus Dendropoma Mörch, 1861
  2. Genus Petaloconchus H. C. Lea, 1843
  3. Genus Thylacodes Guettard, 1770
  4. Genus Thylaeodus Mörch, 1860
  5. Genus Vermetus Daudin, 1800
  6. Genus Bivonia J. E. Gray, 1842 accepted as Dendropoma Mörch, 1861 (junior homonym of Bivonia Cocco, 1832 in Crustacea)
  7. Genus Serpulorbis Sasso, 1827 accepted as Thylacodes Guettard, 1770 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  8. Genus Thylacodus Mörch, 1860 accepted as Petaloconchus H. C. Lea, 1843
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Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48310197
page(s): 144; note: Original spelling (family) Vermetinia [details] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Vermetidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23139 on 2026-08-14
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Vermetidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=23139 on 2026-08-14
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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db_admin
2009-04-24 18:07:06Z
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Gofas, Serge
2012-11-19 22:35:23Z
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Bieler, Rüdiger
2026-01-07 21:10:12Z
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Bouchet, Philippe

original description Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48310197
page(s): 144; note: Original spelling (family) Vermetinia [details] OpenAccess publication

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

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] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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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]
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English worm shells  [details]
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