Vermetus
Vermetus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.
The genus Vermetus is very ancient: it occurs in the fossil record from the Jurassic to the Quaternary.
Species
Species within the genus Vermetus include:- Vermetus adansonii Daudin, 1800
- Vermetus afer
- Vermetus annulus Rousseau in Chenu, 1843
- Vermetus balanitintinnabuli Mörch, 1862
- Vermetus bieleri Scuderi, Swinnen & Templado, 2017
- Vermetus biperforatus Bieler, Collins, Golding & Rawlings, 2019
- Vermetus brasiliensis Rousseau in Chenu, 1844
- Vermetus carinatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
- Vermetus dentiferus Rousseau in Chenu, 1844
- Vermetus enderli Schiaparelli & Metivier, 2000
- Vermetus eruca
- Vermetus granulatus
- Vermetus intestinalis
- Vermetus periscopium Barnard, 1963
- Vermetus reticulatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
- Vermetus sansibaricus Thiele, 1925
- Vermetus scaber Gravenhorst, 1831
- Vermetus tonganus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
- Vermetus triquetrus Bivona Ant., 1832
- Vermetus turonius Rousseau in Chenu, 1844
- Vermetus vitreus Kuroda & Habe, 1972
- Vermetus alii Hadfield & Kay, 1972: synonym of Eualetes tulipa
- Vermetus annulatus Costa, 1861: synonym of Filogranula annulata
- Vermetus calyculatus Costa, 1861: synonym of Filogranula calyculata
- Vermetus cariniferus Gray, 1843: synonym of Spirobranchus carinifer
- Vermetus centiquadrus Valenciennes, 1846: synonym of Eualetes centiquadrus
- Vermetus cristatus Biondi, 1857: synonym of Dendropoma petraeum
- Vermetus cyclicus Watson, 1886: synonym of Ctiloceras cyclicum
- Vermetus gigas Bivona in Philippi, 1836: synonym of Serpulorbis arenarius
- Vermetus goreensis : synonym of Vermetidae incertae sedis goreensis
- Vermetus indentatus : synonym of Thylaeodus indentatus
- Vermetus knorrii Deshayes, 1843: synonym of Vermicularia knorrii
- Vermetus masier Deshayes, 1843: synonym of Thylacodes masier
- Vermetus mutabilis Costa, 1861: synonym of Filogranula calyculata
- Vermetus peronii Valenciennes, A., 1846: synonym of Eualetes centiquadrus
- Vermetus quadrangulus Philippi, 1848: synonym of Vermicularia spirata
- Vermetus quincunx Barnard, 1963: synonym of Stephopoma quincunx
- Vermetus quinquecostatus Daudin, 1800: synonym of Spirobranchus lima
- Vermetus radilula Stimpson, 1851: synonym of Vermicularia radicula
- Vermetus roseus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834: synonym of Stephopoma roseum
- Vermetus rugulosus Monterosato, 1878: synonym of Thylaeodus rugulosus
- Vermetus selectus : synonym of Thylacodes arenarius
- Vermetus semisurrectus Bivona Ant., 1832: synonym of Thylaeodus semisurrectus
- Vermetus spiratus Philippi, 1836: synonym of Vermicularia spirata
- Vermetus tridentatus Daudin, 1800: synonym of ''Placostegus tridentatus''