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Vermetus

Gastropoda - Vermetidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1800Vermetus Daudin
1904Vermetus Martin p. 323
1935Vermetus Oostingh p. 6
1939Vermetus Mukerjee p. 47
1977Vermetus Adegoke p. 105
1993Vermetus Wilson p. 171
1995Vermetus Pacaud and Le Renard p. 157
2001Vermetus Todd
2002Vermetus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyVermetoideaRafinesque 1815
familyVermetidaeRafinesque 1815
genusVermetusDaudin 1800

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Vermetus Daudin 1800
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Subg. Vermetus (Bivonia) Gray 1842
Subg. †Vermetus (Thylaeodus) Mörch 1862
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Thylacodes squamigerus Carpenter 1857
Invalid names: Anguinella Conrad 1845 [synonym]
Subg. †Vermetus (Vermetus) Daudin 1800
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Vermetus anellum Mörch 1861
†Vermetus anguis Forbes 1846
†Vermetus carmatus Rousseau and Chenu 1844
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Invalid names: Vermetus michaudi Rousseau and Chenu 1844 [synonym]
†Vermetus cornejoi Castillo and Aguilera 1895
†Vermetus cristatus Martin 1879
†Vermetus giganteus Martin 1879
†Vermetus hanguensis Cox 1930
†Vermetus javanus Martin 1879
†Vermetus junghuhni Martin 1879
Vermetus lumbricalis Linnaeus 1758
†Vermetus maximus Sowerby 1825
†Vermetus pulcher Bose 1906
†Vermetus stampinensis Cossmann and Lambert 1884
Vermetus tokyoensis Pilsbry 1895
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-05-20 09:50:39
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:04:10
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Holocene or 168.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 166.1 Ma

Collections (168 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Saudi Arabia V. sp. (48300)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Saudi Arabia V. sp. (34544)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Saudi Arabia V. sp. (45562 45818)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Mexico (Eastern Durango) V. cornejoi (2155)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Mexico (Durango) V. cornejoi (2152 2153 2154 2156)
Valanginian - Berriasian139.8 - 139.8Mexico (Coahuila) V. cornejoi (2150)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Mexico (Tamaulipas) V. sp. (2126 2127 2128 2131)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Mexico (Coahuila) V. cornejoi (2145 2148)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Switzerland V. sanctae-crucis (2175)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Switzerland V. gaultinus (2237)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Thylacodes sp. (205466)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Austria (Niederösterreich) V. sp. (87001)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Nigeria V. nigeriensis (7791)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Pakistan (North-West Frontier) V. hanguensis (52132)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Poland V. moerchi (27018 27019 27020)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Virginia) V. sp. (84048)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Indonesia V. junghuhni (70102)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Netherlands V. sp. (3717 3718)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) V. bognorensis (39696)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Oman (Dhofar) Vermetus indet. (192929)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Mexico (Baja California Sur) V. sp. (43805)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France V. arenarius, V. carmatus (74861)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India V. javanus (72084 76573)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Northern Mariana Islands V. sp. (43371)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Grenada V. sp. (58727)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608USA (Rhode Island) V. virginicus (88533)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Indonesia V. cristatus (81718)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy V. sulcovaricosus, V. triquetus (178108)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria V. sp. (65161)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Romania V. arenarius (70056)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland V. sp. (70539)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Grenada V. sp. (58667)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia V. javanus (70081 70086)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Austria (Vienna) V. arenarius (174160)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Italy Thylacodes arenarius (191624)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) V. desmoulinsi (38823)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Moldova V. arenarius (78643 78647)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela V. sp. (130981)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Belgium (Antwerpen) Bivonia triqueter (48092)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy V. sp. (69925)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia V. cristatus (70100) V. giganteus, V. javanus (70098) V. javanus (70077 70078 70101 70103) V. sp. (70083)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) V. sp. (41473)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) V. javanus (42310) V. sp. (42385)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain V. sp. (56687)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy V. sp. (70513)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria V. sp. (69864 70785 70786 70864 70879 70881 70882 70885 70886 70887)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco V. sp. (34723 70888)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Oxaca) V. pulcher, V. virginicus (59284)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Holy See (Vatican City State) V. tracheaeformis, V. quadricarinatus (209253)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica V. sp. (124271)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Cyprus V. sp. (34689)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Vemetus javanus (84520 84533) V. javanus (84523 84532)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia V. javanus (70079 70084)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa (Western Cape) V. sp. (118257 118306 118317)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Aletes squamigerus (200398)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Aletes squamigerus (189542) Serpulorbis squamigerus (186031)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Emilia-Romagna) V. deshayesi (178117)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Aletes squamigerus (189758)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa (Western Cape) V. sp. (118303 118308)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Aletes squamigerus (223033) Serpulorbis squamigerus (202495 202496)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain Bivonia triquetra (128383)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France (Alpes Maritimes) Bivonia cristata, V. sp. (50523)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy (Livorno) V. triquetrus (173663)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Aletes squamigerus (96590 96592 96593 96594)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Eritrea V. gigas (101415)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Aletes squamigerus (201624)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Aletes squamigerus (37947)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco V. granulatus, V. triqueter (127581)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Aletes squamigerus (138723 203095 203113 203114 203118 223304 223525) Serpulorbis squamigerus (202492 222663 222664)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain Bivonia triquetra (128384)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) V. sp. (89294)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Morocco V. cristatus (127573 127579 127580 127636)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Aletes squamigerus (223009) Serpulorbis squamigerus (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Aletes squamigerus (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Morocco V. gregarius (127591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Bivonia semisurrecta (128385) V. adansoni (127360) V. polyphyragama, V. subcancellatus, V. glomeratus (127359) V. subcancellatus, V. melendezi, V. glomeratus (127358)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Aletes squamigerus (59063 96566 160361 219029 219030) Serpulorbis squamigerus (222659 222660 222661 222662) Thylocodes squamigerus (222674) V. squamigerus (202936)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal (Azores) Thylaeodus rugulosus (128470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) V. sp. (110492)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) V. indentatus (44963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Aletes squamigerus (52347 67642 226467) V. indentatus (146275 147802)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia V. maximus (80958 201414 201440 201472)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea V. gigas (101543)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal V. sp. (122244)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador Aletes squamigerus (96867)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Thylacodes imbricatus (96943) Thylacodes imbricatus, Petaloconchus tokyoensis (96945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) V. compactus (89573 194407 194428)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China V. sp. (96355)