Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Alternative combination: Vermetus intortus
Belongs to Petaloconchus according to M. Harzhauser 2002
Sister taxa: Petaloconchus (Petaloconchus), Petaloconchus compactus, Petaloconchus complicatus, Petaloconchus domingensis, Petaloconchus floridanus, Petaloconchus laddfranklinae, Petaloconchus macrophragma, Petaloconchus mcgintyi, Petaloconchus nigricans, Petaloconchus sculpturatus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (7 collections), Spain (1)
• Pliocene of Antarctica (3), Greece (2), Italy (3), the United Kingdom (2)
• Miocene of Austria (8), France (1), Greece (1), Poland (2), Slovakia (2)
• Eocene of France (1)
Total: 33 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.