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Vermetinae

Gastropoda - Vermetidae

Taxonomy
Vermetinae was named by Rafinesque (1815). It is extant.

It was assigned to Vermetidae by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Subtaxa
Petaloconchus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Vermetinae Rafinesque
2010Vermetinae Landau and Marques da Silva p. 33

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

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. Vermetinae Rafinesque 1815
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G. Petaloconchus Lea 1843
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Petaloconchus compactus Carpenter 1864 [compact wormsnail]
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Invalid names: Petaloconchus montereyensis Dall 1919 [synonym]
†Petaloconchus domingensis Sowerby 1849
†Petaloconchus floridanus Olsson and Harbison 1953
†Petaloconchus intortus Lamarck 1818
Petaloconchus mcgintyi Olsson and Harbison 1953
†Petaloconchus varians d'Orbigny 1839
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 Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 48.07000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (276 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Centre) Vermetus intortus (178085)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Petaloconchus transcostatus (164232)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Mississippi) Petaloconchus varians (205615)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45USA (Florida) Petaloconchus varians (60985)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France Vermetus intortus (74861)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Para) Petaloconchus macrophagma (65162) Vermetus subvarians (60979)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Colombia Petaloconchus sculpturatus (131222)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Maranhao) Petaloconchus macrophragma (112597)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Austria Petaloconchus intortus (77624)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Dominican Republic Petaloconchus sp. (74913)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (61019)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Colombia (La Guajira) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (136881 136882 156493 156727 156748 156797 160770 160816)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany Petaloconchus glomeratus (111599)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Austria Petaloconchus intortus (77402)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (42222 42250 42482 42605 42642 42657 42663 42678)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (156524 157830 157858 160968 161056)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Dominican Republic Petaloconchus sp. (74959)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Poland Petaloconchus intortus (70539)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Ecuador (Manabi) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (60754)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Colombia (Atlantico) Petaloconchus domingensis (60680 60683 60684)