Vermetus carmatus Rousseau and Chenu 1844 (worm shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae

Synonym: Vermetus michaudi Rousseau and Chenu 1844

Belongs to Vermetus according to Rousseau and Chenu 1844

Sister taxa: Vermetus (Bivonia), Vermetus (Thylaeodus), Vermetus (Vermetus), Vermetus anellum, Vermetus anguis, Vermetus cornejoi, Vermetus cristatus, Vermetus giganteus, Vermetus hanguensis, Vermetus javanus, Vermetus junghuhni, Vermetus lumbricalis, Vermetus maximus, Vermetus pulcher, Vermetus quadricarinatus, Vermetus stampinensis, Vermetus tokyoensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Lariey, Saucats, Aquitaine (Miocene of France)

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