Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Parent taxon: Vermetidae according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Adegoke 1977, Martin 1904, Mukerjee 1939, Oostingh 1935, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Sepkoski 2002 and Wilson 1993
Sister taxa: Burtinella, Dendropoma, Dendropomatinae, Elliptovermetus, Lementina, Lemintina, Macrophragma, Serpulorbis, Vermetinae
Subtaxa: Vermetus (Bivonia) Vermetus (Thylaeodus) Vermetus (Vermetus) Vermetus anellum Vermetus anguis Vermetus carmatus 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:
• Quaternary of China (1 collection), Ecuador (1), Eritrea (2), France (1), Italy (1), Japan (2), Mexico (14), Morocco (6), Portugal (2), Saudi Arabia (4), South Africa (3), Spain (6), United States (30: California, Hawaii)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Cyprus (1), Holy See (Vatican City State) (1), Indonesia (6), Italy (1), Mexico (1), South Africa (3), United States (3: California)
• Miocene of Algeria (10), Austria (2), Belgium (1), France (1), Grenada (2), India (2), Indonesia (12), Italy (4), Moldova (2), Morocco (2), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Poland (2), Romania (1), South Africa (1), Spain (1), United States (1: Rhode Island), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of Mexico (1), Oman (1)
• Eocene of Indonesia (1), the Netherlands (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), Nigeria (1), Pakistan (1), Poland (3), United States (2: Texas, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of Mexico (12), Switzerland (2)
• Jurassic of Saudi Arabia (4)
Total: 168 collections including 180 occurrences
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