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Vermiculariinae

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Vermiculariidae Dall
1916Pseudomesalia Douvillé p. 141
1955Pseudomesalia Mahmoud p. 130
1964Vermiculariidae Sohl p. 360
1988Vermiculariinae Ponder and Warén p. 295
1993Vermiculariinae Dockery p. 51
1995Vermiculariinae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 157
1996Vermiculariinae Allmon p. 11
2002Pseudomesalia Sepkoski
2005Vermiculariinae Bouchet et al. p. 249
2010Vermiculariinae Landau and Marques da Silva p. 23
2017Vermiculariinae Bouchet et al. p. 343

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
subfamilyVermiculariinae(Dall 1913)
subfamilyVermiculariinae(Dall 1913)

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.

Subfm. Vermiculariinae Dall 1913
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G. †Laxispira Gabb 1877
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Laxispira lumbricalis Gabb 1877
Laxispira monilifera Sohl 1964
Laxispira trochleata Böhm 1891
G. Vermicularia Lamarck 1799
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Subg. †Vermicularia (Anguillospira) Cossmann 1912
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Subg. †Vermicularia (Provermicularia) Kittl 1899
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Provermicularia torsa Böhm 1895
Vermicularia knorrii Deshayes 1843
Vermicularia porrecta Deshayes 1861
Vermicularia spirata Philippi 1836
Vermicularia woodringi Olsson and Harbison 1953
Invalid names: Pseudomesalia Douvillé 1916 [invalid subgroup], Pseudomesaliinae Mahmoud 1955 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:15:58
Modified: 2018-02-27 07:57:42
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Pelsonian to the top of the Holocene or 247.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 242.0 Ma

Collections (265 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) Provermicularia sp. (31616 31623)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Italy Vermicularia alternans (138257) Vermicularia torsa (138255)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Hungary Provermicularia sp. (73270)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Peru Vermicularia sp. (68096 68116)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7India (Kachchh) Serpula lumbricalis (24050)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Serpula lumbricalis (67975)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Serpula lumbricalis (68642)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Serpula lumbricalis (23887)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Egypt Pseudomesalia deserti (161584)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Egypt Pseudomesalia deserti (151613)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Egypt Pseudomesalia deserti (171306)
Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian113.0 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Vermicularia concava (198090)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Egypt Pseudomesalia bilineata (98325)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Egypt Pseudomesalia bilineata, Pseudomesalia brevis (171310) Pseudomesalia elegans, Pseudomesalia pharaonis, Pseudomesalia trilineata, Pseudomesalia quadrilineata, Pseudomesalia deserti, Pseudomesalia bilineata, Pseudomesalia brevis (98327)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Vermicularia concava (154013)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Vermicularia sp. (49496)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (North Carolina) Laxispira monilifera (7617)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) Laxispira lumbricalis (6122 6123 6124 6130 6134 6135)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Laxispira lumbricalis (7513)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) Laxispira lumbricalis (6660 7456 7457 7458 32139 32140 32141 32142) Laxispira sp. (6656)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) Laxispira lumbricalis (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) Laxispira lumbricalis (6156) Laxispira monilifera (6171 6172) Laxispira sp. (6147)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Laxispira lumbricalis (7515)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Laxispira lumbricalis (205445)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) Laxispira sp. (205541)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Laxispira lumbricalis (7506 7589 7600)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Laxispira monilifera (4238 4240 4241 4248 4249 4250 4251 4252 4253 4255 4259 4260 4283 4284 4285 4330 4331)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany Laxispira trochleata (213668)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Laxispira lumbricalis (7476 7477 7479 7586 7590 7591 7592 7593) Laxispira monilifera (4101 4103 4104 4105 4109 4110 4111 4113 4118)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Laxispira monilifera (4282 4309 4337)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) Laxispira monilifera (4347 4349 4350 4351 4352 4353 4354 4355)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Laxispira monilifera (4106 4172) Laxispira sp. (4170)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Poland Laxispira cochleiformis (27818 27819 27822 28078)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) Laxispira monilifera (4414 4435 4440 4441 4444 4447 4491) Laxispira sp. (4436 4467)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Laxispira monilifera (4202 4208 4211 4216 4217 4219 4220 4224 4225 4226 4228 4230 4232 4234 4235 4237 83225 83237 83238) Laxispira sp. (4200) Laxispira sp., Laxispira monilifera (4201)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Vermicularia columella (205466)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium Vermicularia montensis (22931)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain Vermicularia staadti (75360 75365 75374 75380 75386 75398 75415)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Delphinula conica (184155) Vermicularia conica (171526)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Vermicularia porrecta (8124)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Picardie) Vermicularia conica (178083)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Vermicularia polygona, Vermicularia conica, Vermicularia porrecta (78567)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Vermetus porrectus (3494)
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand Vermicularia lorensis (67839)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy Vermicularia polygona, Vermicularia conica (78565)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Marshall Islands Vermicularia sp. A (77982)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Marshall Islands Vermicularia sp. A (43319 78029 78034)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Vermicularia solarinus (72033)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Vermicularia sp. (196138)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Vermicularia sipho, Vermicularia ophiodes (67897)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Hungary Vermicularia milleti (34739)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) Vermicularia milleti (38823)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Vermicularia woodringi (90618 131519)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) Vermicularia lumbricalis (42339)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Vermicularia spirata (131220)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Vermicularia lumbricalis (70078)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Vermicularia sp. (74955 74956) Vermicularia spirata (81976)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Vermicularia woodringi (84956 90619 93601 93687 93710 93712 93716 93731 93996 94000 94006 131494 131496 131497 131522 131563 131567 131570 131645 131655 131658 131659 131662)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Vermicularia spirata (74966 74967 74971)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Vermicularia spirata, Vermicularia trilineata (60412 60415 60416 60417) Vermicularia trilineata (60414)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Vermicularia woodringi (84977)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Vermicularia ebunea (96546)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) Vermicularia sp. (135839)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Vermicularia spirata (74964 74968) Vermicularia woodringi (93714 93733 93737 93795 93997 94003 94090)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Vermicularia sp. (166744)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ecuador Vermicularia eburnea (96596)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Vermicularia recta (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico Vermicularia spirata (77714)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Vermicularia trilineata (131218) Vermicularia woodringi (79710)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Vermicularia recta (79959) Vermicularia spirata (59484 59491 80037)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Vermicularia spirata (58894 58895 59307 59310)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (Veracruz) Vermicularia spirata (134768) Vermicularia woodringi (96440)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Vermicularia spirata (58522 69090 69094)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) Vermicularia sp. (79989)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (Florida) Vermicularia sp. (79804)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Vermicularia recta (41718 69029 79338) Vermicularia recta, Vermicularia sp. (41501) Vermicularia recta, Vermicularia weberi (79334) Vermicularia sp. (41497 80359) Vermicularia spirata (80024 80025) Vermicularia weberi (61309) Vermicularia woodringi (79331)
Early/Lower Pleistocene (interglacial)2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Vermicularia knorrii (211183)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Vermicularia knorrii (60989) Vermicularia spirata (59316)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Fiji Vermicularia sp. A (94832)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) Vermicularia fargoi (60944) Vermicularia spirata (92408)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Vermicularia spirata (41705)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) Vermicularia sp. (79845)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Vermicularia fargoi (61310) Vermicularia spirata (80046)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Bahamas Vermicularia sp. (80676)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Vermicularia sp. (222663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Vermicularia spirata (66752)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Vermicularia spirata (60927)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador Vermicularia eburnea (96867)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Vermicularia eburnea (59063) Vermicularia eburnea, Vermicularia pellucida (160361) Vermicularia pellucida (219029)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Vermicularia sp. (80677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Vermicularia imbricata (88886)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bermuda Vermicularia spirata (67948)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Vermicularia nigricana (34269) Vermicularia spirata (70010 96538)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela Vermicularia sp. (131223)