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Vermicularia

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Vermicularia was named by Lamarck (1799) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 122]. It is extant. Its type is Serpula lumbricalis.

It was assigned to Gastropoda by Philippi (1836) and Mansfield (1925); to Vermetidae by Gardner (1948); to Vermicularidae by Ward and Blackwelder (1987); to Turritellidae by Ladd (1972), Perrilliat (1972) and Todd (2001); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Vermiculariinae by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Allmon (1996), Bouchet et al. (2005) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Vermicularia Lamarck
1836Vermiculus Philippi p. 244
1925Vermicularia Mansfield p. 50
1948Vermicularia Gardner p. 202
1972Vermicularia Ladd p. 17
1972Vermicularia Perrilliat p. 40
1987Vermicularia Ward and Blackwelder p. 131
1995Vermicularia Pacaud and Le Renard p. 157
1996Vermicularia Allmon p. 11
2001Vermicularia Todd
2002Vermicularia Sepkoski
2005Vermicularia Bouchet et al. pp. 182, 249
2010Vermicularia Landau and Marques da Silva p. 23

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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)
genusVermiculariaLamarck 1799

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. 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
Subg. Vermicularia (Vermicularia) Lamarck 1799
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Vermicularia knorrii Deshayes 1843
Vermicularia porrecta Deshayes 1861
Vermicularia spirata Philippi 1836
Vermicularia woodringi Olsson and Harbison 1953
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height114.6

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

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 (148 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 V. alternans (138257) V. torsa (138255)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Hungary Provermicularia sp. (73270)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Peru V. 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)
Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian113.0 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) V. concava (198090)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) V. concava (154013)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) V. sp. (49496)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium V. montensis (22931)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) V. columella (205466)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain V. staadti (75360 75365 75374 75380 75386 75398 75415)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Picardie) V. conica (178083)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) V. porrecta (8124)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Delphinula conica (184155) V. conica (171526)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Vermetus porrectus (3494)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France V. polygona, V. conica, V. porrecta (78567)
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand V. lorensis (67839)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy V. polygona, V. conica (78565)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Marshall Islands V. sp. A (77982)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) V. sp. (196138)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India V. solarinus (72033)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Marshall Islands V. sp. A (43319 78029 78034)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand V. sipho, V. ophiodes (67897)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Hungary V. milleti (34739)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) V. milleti (38823)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic V. woodringi (90618 131519)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago V. sp. (74955 74956) V. spirata (81976)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia V. lumbricalis (70078)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia V. spirata (131220)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) V. lumbricalis (42339)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic V. 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 V. spirata (74966 74967 74971)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) V. ebunea (96546)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) V. sp. (135839)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago V. spirata, V. trilineata (60412 60415 60416 60417) V. trilineata (60414)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic V. woodringi (84977)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic V. spirata (74964 74968) V. woodringi (93714 93733 93737 93795 93997 94003 94090)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) V. sp. (166744)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ecuador V. eburnea (96596)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) V. recta (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica V. spirata (58522 69090 69094)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) V. recta (79959) V. spirata (59484 59491 80037)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) V. spirata (58894 58895 59307 59310)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (Veracruz) V. spirata (134768) V. woodringi (96440)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela V. trilineata (131218) V. woodringi (79710)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico V. spirata (77714)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) V. sp. (79989)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (Florida) V. sp. (79804)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) V. fargoi (60944) V. spirata (92408)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) V. knorrii (60989) V. spirata (59316)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) V. recta (41718 69029 79338) V. recta, V. sp. (41501) V. recta, V. weberi (79334) V. sp. (41497 80359) V. spirata (80024 80025) V. weberi (61309) V. woodringi (79331)
Early/Lower Pleistocene (interglacial)2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) V. knorrii (211183)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Fiji V. sp. A (94832)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) V. spirata (41705)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) V. sp. (79845)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) V. sp. (222663)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) V. fargoi (61310) V. spirata (80046)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Bahamas V. sp. (80676)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) V. nigricana (34269) V. spirata (70010 96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) V. spirata (60927)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) V. eburnea (59063) V. eburnea, V. pellucida (160361) V. pellucida (219029)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas V. sp. (80677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador V. eburnea (96867)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) V. spirata (66752)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bermuda V. spirata (67948)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan V. imbricata (88886)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela V. sp. (131223)