Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae

Parent taxon: Vermetus according to Daudin 1800

Sister taxa: Vermetus (Bivonia), Vermetus (Thylaeodus), 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

Subtaxa: Vermetus (Vermetus) nigeriensis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Ewekoro Quarry (Paleocene of Nigeria)

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