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Vermetus (Thylaeodus)

Gastropoda - Vermetidae

Taxonomy
Thylacodes was named by Mörch (1862).

It was reranked as Vermetus (Thylaeodus) by Todd (2001).

It was assigned to Gastropoda by Ashley (1895); to Vermetus by Todd (2001); and to Vermetidae by Darragh (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Anguinella Conrad
1862Thylacodes Mörch
1895Thylocodes Ashley p. 343
1992Anguinella Ward p. 120
2001Vermetus (Thylaeodus) Todd
2017Thylacodes Darragh p. 53

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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
genusVermetusDaudin 1800
subgenusThylaeodus(Mörch 1862)

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.

Subg. †Vermetus (Thylaeodus) Mörch 1862
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Thylacodes squamigerus Carpenter 1857
Invalid names: Anguinella Conrad 1845 [synonym]
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 Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Thylacodes sp. (205466)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608USA (Rhode Island) Vermetus virginicus (88533)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Italy Thylacodes arenarius (191624)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Oxaca) Vermetus virginicus (59284)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Aletes squamigerus (200398)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Aletes squamigerus (189542) Serpulorbis squamigerus (186031)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Aletes squamigerus (189758)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Aletes squamigerus (223033) Serpulorbis squamigerus (202495 202496)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Aletes squamigerus (96590 96592 96593 96594)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Aletes squamigerus (201624)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Aletes squamigerus (37947)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Aletes squamigerus (138723 203095 203113 203114 203118 223304 223525) Serpulorbis squamigerus (202492 222663 222664)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Aletes squamigerus (223009) Serpulorbis squamigerus (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Aletes squamigerus (52347 67642 226467)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Aletes squamigerus (59063 96566 160361 219029 219030) Serpulorbis squamigerus (222659 222660 222661 222662) Thylocodes squamigerus (222674) Vermetus squamigerus (202936)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Thylacodes imbricatus (96943 96945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Vermetus indentatus (44963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Vermetus compactus (89573 194407 194428)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal (Azores) Thylaeodus rugulosus (128470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador Aletes squamigerus (96867)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Aletes squamigerus (96591)