African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Vermetus intestinalis (Gmelin, 1791)

AfReMaS name details

Vermetus intestinalis (Gmelin, 1791)

AphiaID

439946 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:439946)

Classification

Status

uncertain > taxon inquirendum

Rank

Species

Parent

Vermetus Daudin, 1800

Original name

Serpula intestinalis Gmelin, 1791

Synonymised names

Serpula intestinalis Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted (original combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Serpula intestinalis Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3745 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Vermetus intestinalis (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=439946 on 2026-07-10

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. Vermetus intestinalis (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=439946 on 2026-07-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-12-16 21:42:21Z

created

ten Hove, Harry

2012-10-25 15:40:22Z

changed

Bieler, Rüdiger

[taxonomic tree] [clear cache]

Sources (4)

original description (of Serpula intestinalis Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3745 [details]

basis of record Keen, M. (1961). A proposed reclassification of the gastropod family Vermetidae. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum, Natural History (Zoology).</em> 7(3): 183-213, pls. 54-55 [February]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27756384
page(s): 187 [details]

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). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2948: 1-103., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02948p103.pdf
page(s): 42 [details] Available for editors

new combination reference Daudin, François Marie. (1800). Receuil de mémoires et de notes sur des espèces inédites ou peu connues de Mollusques, de vers et de zoophytes. xviii & 19-50. Fuchs & Treuttel et Wurtz. Paris., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96153 [details]