African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Vermetidae Rafinesque, 1815

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Vermetidae Rafinesque, 1815

AphiaID

23139 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:23139)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Vermetoidea Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Vermetidae Rafinesque, 1815

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Genus Ceraesignum Golding, Bieler, Rawlings & T. M. Collins, 2014
Genus Dendropoma Mörch, 1861
Genus Novastoa Finlay, 1926
Genus Petaloconchus H. C. Lea, 1843
Genus Thylacodes Guettard, 1770
Genus Vermetus Daudin, 1800
Genus Bivonia J. E. Gray, 1842 accepted as Dendropoma Mörch, 1861 (junior homonym of Bivonia Cocco, 1832 in Crustacea)
Genus Serpulorbis Sasso, 1827 accepted as Thylacodes Guettard, 1770 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
Genus Siphonium J. E. Gray, 1850 accepted as Dendropoma Mörch, 1861 (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Siphonium Link, 1807)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48310197
page(s): 144; note: Original spelling (family) Vermetinia [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Vermetidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23139 on 2026-08-16

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Vermetidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23139 on 2026-08-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

2009-04-24 18:07:06Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2012-11-19 22:35:23Z

changed

Bieler, Rüdiger

2026-01-07 21:10:12Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48310197
page(s): 144; note: Original spelling (family) Vermetinia [details]

basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors

additional source Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2011). Catalogue of Recent and fossil “worm-snail” taxa of the families Vermetidae, Siliquariidae, and Turritellidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). Zootaxa. 2948: 1-103., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02948p103.pdf [details] Available for editors

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