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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

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
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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
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 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (263 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Centre) Vermetus intortus (178085)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Petaloconchus transcostatus (164232)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Vermetus intortus (74861)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Petaloconchus macrophagma (65162) Vermetus subvarians (60979)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Colombia Petaloconchus sculpturatus (131222)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Maranhao) Petaloconchus macrophragma (112597)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Austria Petaloconchus intortus (77624)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Dominican Republic Petaloconchus sp. (74913)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (61019)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria Petaloconchus intortus (77402)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Petaloconchus glomeratus (111599)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (42222 42250 42482 42605 42642 42657 42663 42678)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Colombia (La Guajira) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (136881 136882 156493 156727 156748 156797 160770 160816)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic Petaloconchus sp. (74959)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (156524 157830 157858 160968 161056)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland Petaloconchus intortus (70539)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Ecuador (Manabi) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (60754)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Austria (Vienna) Petaloconchus intortus (174160)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Grenada Petaloconchus sp. (58674)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Colombia (Atlantico) Petaloconchus domingensis (60680 60683 60684)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (135498 135502)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (42870) Petaloconchus sp. (111204 136943)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Austria Petaloconchus intortus (74649 74650 74651 74653 74656)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) Petaloconchus intortus (38823)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia Petaloconchus intortus (73137 73139)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Darien) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (136993) Petaloconchus sp. (136007 136104)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Petaloconchus floridanus (93224) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (93145 93147 93160 134661) Petaloconchus sp. (61342 82119 136016 136118) Petaloconchus sp., Petaloconchus sculpturatus (145523)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Petaloconchus floridanus (145254 145278 145339 145340) Petaloconchus sp. (79790 79985 79995 79996)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece Petaloconchus intortus (72310)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Petaloconchus domingensis (131371) Petaloconchus floridanus (131379 131466) Petaloconchus floridanus, Petaloconchus domingensis, Petaloconchus laddfranklinae (131382) Petaloconchus sp. (74935)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela Petaloconchus sculpturatus (96470 130981 131304)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Petaloconchus sculpturatus (88296) Petaloconchus sculpturatus, Petaloconchus laddfranklinae (131220) Vermetus sculpturatus (97682)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Petaloconchus sp. (74915)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Argentina (Chubut) Petaloconchus sp. (42147)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia (Bolívar) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (88316)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (61027 135500)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Petaloconchus alcimus (74955 81976) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (60408 60637)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia (Atlántico) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (88312)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (60640)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Colon) Petaloconchus sp. (79855)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) Petaloconchus sp. (61347)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Petaloconchus domingensis (84974 84986 93652 93654 131561 131566 131567 131568 131569 131571 131663 131664 131676 131677) Petaloconchus domingensis, Petaloconchus laddfranklinae (84956 93606 94099 131497 131563 131645 131656) Petaloconchus floridanus (93996 94000) Petaloconchus floridanus, Petaloconchus domingensis (84984) Petaloconchus floridanus, Petaloconchus domingensis, Petaloconchus laddfranklinae (93601 93687 93710 93712 131658) Petaloconchus laddfranklinae (75041 90619 93716 93732 94006 94106 131522 131560 131655 131659 131662)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Petaloconchus laddfranklinae (74966 74967 75036 75037 75038 75040 75043) Petaloconchus sp. (74911)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Petaloconchus floridanus (60414 60416 60417)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela Petaloconchus sculpturatus (96486)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Costa Rica Petaloconchus sculpturatus (134655)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Petaloconchus floridanus (84977) Petaloconchus laddfranklinae (58822)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia Vermetus sculpturatus (97684 133231)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) Petaloconchus sp. (135839)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Petaloconchus domingensis (93714 93733 93737 93997 94003) Petaloconchus domingensis, Petaloconchus laddfranklinae (94090) Petaloconchus laddfranklinae (80084 80136) Petaloconchus sp. (74965)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (60940)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy Petaloconchus intortus (71156)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas del Toro) Petaloconchus sp. (79777)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece Petaloconchus intortus (72318)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) Petaloconchus sp. (135832)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Italy Vermetus intortus (72303)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Antarctica Petaloconchus intortus (41579 41580 41581)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Petaloconchus sculpturatus (134680)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Florida) Petaloconchus floridanus (146872)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) Petaloconchus compactus (214257)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Vermetus intortus (84764 84819)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Colombia Petaloconchus sculpturatus (97677) Vermetus sculpturatus (97688)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Petaloconchus sculpturatus (79710 111010 111011)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Petaloconchus graniferus (80038) Petaloconchus virginica (80036)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (Veracruz) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (134768)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Petaloconchus sp. (58522 69093)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Petaloconchus graniferus (69044) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (59484 59487 59491 80037 123549) Petaloconchus sculpturatus, Petaloconchus graniferus (80044)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Dominican Republic Petaloconchus floridanus, Petaloconchus laddfranklinae (93612)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama Petaloconchus sculpturatus (134663)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Parma) Petaloconchus intortus (178923)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium Petaloconchus glomeratus (179079)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica (Limon) Petaloconchus sp. (79799)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) Petaloconchus sp. (61339)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Emilia-Romagna) Petaloconchus glomeratus (178117)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) Petaloconchus sp. (61341 79774)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Greece Petaloconchus intortus (72414)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy (Parma) Petaloconchus intortus (178884 178916 178918 178920 178921)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy Petaloconchus intortus (178457 178779)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Petaloconchus montereyensis (202496)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Lemintina mcgintyi (79338) Petaloconchus floridanus (41498 41501 79331)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Vermetus nigricans (80304)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Petaloconchus graniferus (80033) Petaloconchus virginica (80035)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Petaloconchus annelum (223075)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Petaloconchus complicatus (201624)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Petaloconchus graniferus (80053 80083)
Quaternary2.588 - 0.0USA (California) Petaloconchus anellum (37935 37945) Petaloconchus anellum, Petaloconchus complicatus (37933 37940 37943 37947 37948) Petaloconchus complicatus (37937 37939 37944)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Costa Rica (Limon) Petaloconchus sp. (79835 79842 79845)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Italy Petaloconchus sp. (173352)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Spain Petaloconchus subcancellatus (128384) Vermetus intortus (128324)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126USA (California) Petaloconchus anellum (223329) Petaloconchus annellum (223525) Petaloconchus montereyensis (202493) Petaloconchus montereyensis, Petaloconchus macrophragma (202494) Petaloconchus sp. (203114) Vermetus annelum (203095)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California Sur) Petaloconchus sp. (88605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Bivonia compacta, Petaloconchus complicatus (160361) Petaloconchus montereyensis (202490 202491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Jamaica Petaloconchus erectus, Petaloconchus mcgintyi (80407)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Petaloconchus montereyensis (194421) Petaloconchus sp. (194407 194428) Petaloconchus sp., Petaloconchus montereyensis (89573)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Vermetus nigricans (66509)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Petaloconchus erectus (97609)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Vermetus nigricans (66500 66501)