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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.
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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
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The taxonomy of the uncoiling “worm-snails” belonging to the marine gastropod families Vermetidae, Siliquariidae and Turritellidae is notoriously confused and their nominal species frequently mixed (in the literature as well as in type specimen collections) with members of superficially similar tube-building polychaete worms or members of unrelated molluscan groups. A long history of introducing and using infrasubspecific names and the rampant employment of homonymous names for unrelated taxa had contributed to a system that became unworkable. The current catalogue researches nearly 1,500 names that have been cited in conjunction with Recent and fossil taxa worm-snail taxonomy (six names above family-group level, 18 family-group names, 195 genus-group names, 1,278 species-group names). Each name’s validity and availability (in the sense of the I.C.Z.N. Code) was investigated and current placement within or outside the mentioned worm-snail families is suggested. 560 species-group names are interpreted as available for members of the worm-snail groups here under discussion. Of these, approximately 280 species-group names are available for extant taxa. Various formal First-Reviser actions are taken to resolve priority issues. The type species for Tulaxoda Blainville, 1828 is herein designated to be Serpulorbis polyphragma Sasso, 1827, making Tulaxoda an objective junior synonym of Thylacodes Guettard, 1770. Magilus Montfort, 1810 is declared a nomen protectum over Campulotus Guettard, 1770, a nomen oblitum. Recurring nomenclatural issues and those too complex to treat within the regular catalogue entries are discussed in 22 taxa notes. The catalogue is fully referenced in 766 literature titles and eight associated literature notes.
Biodiversity, Taxonomic and ecological diversity
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Aletes P. P. Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Thylacodes Guettard, 1770 (basis of record)
Aletes P. P. Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Thylacodes Guettard, 1770 (additional source)
Aletes centriquadrus var. imbricatus P. P. Carpenter, 1857 (additional source)
Aletes squamigerus P. P. Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Thylacodes squamigerus (P. P. Carpenter, 1857) (basis of record)
Angaria lacunosa Barnard, 1963 accepted as Stephopoma lacunosum (Barnard, 1963) (additional source)
Bivonia Gray, 1842 accepted as Dendropoma Mörch, 1861 (status source)
Bivonia albida P. P. Carpenter, 1857 (basis of record)
Bivonia compacta P. P. Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Petaloconchus compactus (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) (additional source)
Bivonia constrictor Mörch, 1862 accepted as Thylacodes constrictor (Mörch, 1862) (additional source)
Bivonia contorta P. P. Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Thylaeodus contortus (P. P. Carpenter, 1857) (basis of record)
Bivonia contorta var. indentata P. P. Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Thylaeodus indentatus (P. P. Carpenter, 1857) (basis of record)
Bivonia dragonella Okutani & Habe, 1975 accepted as Dendropoma dragonella (Okutani & Habe, 1975) (additional source)
Bivonia exserta Dall, 1881 (basis of record)
Bivonia petraea Monterosato, 1884 accepted as Dendropoma petraeum (Monterosato, 1884) accepted as Dendropoma cristatum (Biondi-Giunti, 1859) (additional source)
Bivonia pteriae Parenzan, 1970 accepted as Vermetus granulatus (Gravenhorst, 1831) (basis of record)
Bivonia quoyi f. adspersa Mörch, 1862 (additional source)
Bivonia scopulorum Monterosato, 1917 accepted as Dendropoma scopulorum (Monterosato, 1917) (additional source)
Bivonia serpuloides Monterosato, 1892 (basis of record)
Bivonia subtriquetra Mörch, 1862 (basis of record)
Bivonia sutilis Mörch, 1862 accepted as Thylacodes sutilis (Mörch, 1862) (additional source)
Bivonia triquetra var. spirorbis Coen, 1937 (additional source)
Bivonia triquetra var. unicarinata Monterosato, 1917 accepted as Vermetus triquetrus Bivona e Bernardi, 1832 (additional source)
Burtinella Mörch, 1861 † accepted as Rotularia Defrance, 1827 † (additional source)
Campulotus Guettard, 1770 accepted as Magilus Montfort, 1810 (basis of record)
Caporbis africanus Bartsch, 1915 (basis of record)
Cerithiovermetus Bandel, 2006 (additional source)
Cerithiovermetus aqabensis Bandel, 2006 (additional source)
Cerithiovermetus vinxae Bandel, 2006 (source of synonymy)
Cladopoda Gray, 1850 accepted as Thylacodes Guettard, 1770 (additional source)
Cladopoda quoyi H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Vermetus quoyi (H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854) (additional source)
Dendropoma cristatum (Biondi-Giunti, 1859) (additional source)
Dendropoma ghanaense Keen & J. E. Morton, 1960 (additional source)
Dendropoma gregaria [sic] accepted as Dendropoma gregarium M. G. Hadfield & Kay, 1972 (basis of record)
Dendropoma gregarium M. G. Hadfield & Kay, 1972 (additional source)
Dendropoma krypta [sic] accepted as Dendropoma kryptum S. M. Gardner, 1989 accepted as Cupolaconcha krypta (S. M. Gardner, 1989) (basis of record)
Dendropoma marchadi Keen & J. E. Morton, 1960 (additional source)
Dendropoma mejillonensis [sic] accepted as Dendropoma mejillonense Pacheco & Laudien, 2008 (additional source)
Dendropoma meroclista [sic] accepted as Dendropoma meroclistum M. G. Hadfield & Kay, 1972 accepted as Cupolaconcha meroclista (M. G. Hadfield & Kay, 1972) (additional source)
Dendropoma psarocephalum M. G. Hadfield & Kay, 1972 (additional source)
Dendropoma rhyssoconchum M. G. Hadfield & Kay, 1972 (additional source)
Dendropoma squamifera Ponder, 1967 accepted as Dendropoma squamiferum Ponder, 1967 (basis of record)
Dendropoma tholia Keen & J. E. Morton, 1960 (additional source)
Discovermetulus Rovereto, 1904 † (status source)
Dofania Mörch, 1860 (basis of record)
Eualetes Keen, 1971 (additional source)
Hummelinckiella Faber & Moolenbeek, 1999 (additional source)
Hummelinckiella borinquensis Faber & Moolenbeek, 1999 (additional source)
Lemintina Risso, 1826 (additional source)
Lemintina cuvieri Risso, 1826 (additional source)
Lemintina mcgintyi Olsson & Harbison, 1953 accepted as Petaloconchus mcgintyi (Olsson & Harbison, 1953) (additional source)
Lemintina pseudimbricata Nomura & Hatai, 1940 accepted as Dendropoma pseudimbricatum (Nomura & Hatai, 1940) (additional source)
Lemintina selecta var. arborea Monterosato, 1884 accepted as Thylacodes arenarius (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Lilax Finlay, 1926 accepted as Stephopoma Mörch, 1860 (additional source)
Macrophragma P. P. Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Petaloconchus H. C. Lea, 1843 (basis of record)
Magilina Vélain, 1877 (additional source)
Magilina serpuliformis Vélain, 1877 (additional source)
Novastoa Finlay, 1926 (additional source)
Petaloconchus H. C. Lea, 1843 (basis of record)
Petaloconchus apakadikike W. C. Kelly, 2007 (additional source)
Petaloconchus cereus P. P. Carpenter, 1857 (basis of record)
Petaloconchus cochlidium P. P. Carpenter, 1857 (basis of record)
Petaloconchus complicatus Dall, 1908 (additional source)
Petaloconchus flavescens P. P. Carpenter, 1857 (additional source)
Petaloconchus floridana [sic] accepted as Petaloconchus floridanus Olsson & Harbison, 1953 (basis of record)
Petaloconchus innumerabilis Pilsbry & Olsson, 1935 (additional source)
Petaloconchus interliratus Stearns, 1893 (additional source)
Petaloconchus keenae M. G. Hadfield & Kay, 1972 (additional source)
Petaloconchus lamellosus Ladd, 1972 (additional source)
Petaloconchus lilandikike W. C. Kelly, 2007 (additional source)
Petaloconchus macrophragma P. P. Carpenter, 1857 (additional source)
Petaloconchus merkana Ladd, 1972 (additional source)
Petaloconchus montereyensis Dall, 1919 (additional source)
Petaloconchus myrakeenae Absalão & Rios, 1987 accepted as Petaloconchus varians (A. d'Orbigny, 1839) (additional source)
Petaloconchus nerinaeoides P. P. Carpenter, 1857 (basis of record)
Petaloconchus octosectus P. P. Carpenter, 1857 (basis of record)
Petaloconchus renisectus P. P. Carpenter, 1857 (basis of record)
Petaloconchus renisectus var. gordialis Mörch, 1862 accepted as Petaloconchus renisectus P. P. Carpenter, 1857 (additional source)
Petaloconchus renisectus var. woodwardii P. P. Carpenter, 1857 (basis of record)
Petaloconchus sculpturatus H. C. Lea, 1843 † (basis of record)
Petaloconchus tokyoensis (Pilsbry, 1895) (additional source)
Petalopoma Schiaparelli, 2002 (additional source)
Serpula afra Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Vermetus afer (Gmelin, 1791) (additional source)
Serpula anguina Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Tenagodus anguinus (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Serpula bicarinata G.B. Sowerby II, 1839 accepted as Dendropoma nebulosum (Dillwyn, 1817) (additional source)
Serpula colubrina Röding, 1798 accepted as Thylacodes colubrinus (Röding, 1798) (additional source)
Serpula conica Dillwyn, 1817 accepted as Vermetus conicus (Dillwyn, 1817) (additional source)
Serpula costalis Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Vermicularia costalis (Lamarck, 1818) (additional source)
Serpula decussata Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Thylacodes decussatus (Gmelin, 1791) (additional source)
Serpula dentifera Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Thylacodes dentiferus (Lamarck, 1818) (status source)
Serpula glomerata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Petaloconchus glomeratus (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Serpula intestinalis Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Vermetus intestinalis (Gmelin, 1791) (additional source)
Serpula lumbricalis Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Vermicularia lumbricalis (Linnaeus, 1758) (status source)
Serpula maxima Sowerby, 1825 accepted as Dendropoma maximum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) accepted as Ceraesignum maximum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) (additional source)
Serpula muricata Born, 1780 accepted as Tenagodus anguinus (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Serpula nebulosa Dillwyn, 1817 accepted as Dendropoma nebulosum (Dillwyn, 1817) (additional source)
Serpula panamensis Chenu, 1846 accepted as Vermetidae incertae sedis panamensis (Chenu, 1846) (additional source)
Serpula papillosa Rees, 1808 accepted as Siliquariidae incertae sedis papillosa (Rees, 1808) (status source)
Serpula plicaria Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Vermetidae incertae sedis plicaria (Lamarck, 1818) (additional source)
Serpula regularis Chenu, 1846 accepted as Vermicularia regularis (Chenu, 1846) (new combination reference)
Serpula reticulata Rees, 1808 accepted as Vermetus reticulatus (Rees, 1808) (additional source)
English worm-snails for Vermetidae Rafinesque, 1815
 Authority

Attributed to Oyama in the original, based on manuscript data. [details]

 Authority

Erroneously credited to other authors. See discussion in Bieler & Petit (2011: 58 and taxa note 21 in that work). [details]

 Editor's comment

Spiroglyphus Daudin is also duplicated as a record in the Molluscan section of WoRMS database. [details]

 Homonymy

Homonym and objective synonym to Daudin's genus of the previous year. The indications from Lamarck's text are that ... [details]

 Homonymy

A junior primary homonym of Vermetus polygonus corrugatus Cossmann in Cossmann & Pissaro, 1910 (Eocene). ... [details]

 Homonymy

Not to be confused with junior primary homonyms Vermetus cristatus Sandberger, 1860 and V. cristatus K. Martin, ... [details]

 Homonymy

A junior primary homonym of V. imbricatus Sandberger, 1859 and of V. imbricatus Dunker,1860; permanently invalid under ... [details]

 Homonymy

See Vermetus imbricatus Sandberger, 1859 (Oligocene). [details]

 Homonymy

A junior primary homonym of Vermetus indicus Daudin, 1800. Name may be preserved under ICZN (1999) Art. 23.9.5 if ... [details]

 Homonymy

In need of investigation: A junior secondary homonym of Vermicularia costalis (Lamarck, 1818).  [details]

 Identification

Turritellidae? [details]

 Nomenclature

Genus name placed on the Official List in Opinion 1425 (I.C.Z.N. 1987) [details]

 Nomenclature

Serpulus Montfort, 1810 is an unjustified emendation of Serpula Linnaeus, 1758 ; the typetaxon of Serpulus is ... [details]

 Nomenclature

Placed on the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology by Opinion 1425 (I.C.Z.N. 1987). [details]

 Nomenclature

Originally spelled 5-costatus. [details]

 Spelling

Emendation from the male ending -i by Bieler & Petit (2011: 67) [details]

 Spelling

Name ending corrected to reflect male gender of generic name. [details]

 Spelling

Genus misspelled "Serpuorbis" in original. [details]

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Originally introduced as Strephopoma [sic] nucleocostata [details]

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As "balani-tintinnabuli".  [details]

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Originally spelled "retifera". [details]

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Originally spelled "albina", as a variety in Vermetus granuatus [sic].  [details]

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Originally spelled "picta", as a variety in Vermetus granuatus [sic].  [details]

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Originally spelled "albina". [details]

 Spelling

Bivona-Bernardi introduced the name as Vermetus triquetrus, using the correctly formed Latin suffix –quetrus, ... [details]

 Status

Established by Carpenter in synonymy, which would make it unavailable under I.C.Z.N. (1999) Art. 11.6. However, its ... [details]

 Status

Introduced as "nom. prov." although with a description. It was recognized by Keen (1961: 198) as Petaloconchus ... [details]

 Status

Referred to gastropod family Siliquariidae by Bieler & Petit (2011: 24).  [details]

 Status

is a vermetid fide Keen (1961: 187, 189), also in Bieler (1996: 26). Based "Le Dofan" of Adanson (1757: 164, pl. ... [details]

 Status

Locality not stated. Name not found elsewhere (Bieler & Petit, 2011: 55). [details]

 Status

Kuroda & Habe (1952) concluded that Pilsbry had figured two species as Thylacodes medusae and introduced the new ... [details]

 Status

Temporarily used to accommodate taxa that are deemed to be siliquariids but have not been assigned to a genus. ... [details]

 Status

Type not designated. Generic name is invalid because preoccupied by Siphonium Link, 1807 [Cephalopoda]. For a ... [details]

 Status

This nominal genus was introduced with two nominal species, Spiroglyphus politus Daudin, 1800 and Spiroglyphus ... [details]

 Status

Considered a polychaete worm by Bieler & Petit (2011: 64) [details]

 Status

Temporarily used to accommodate taxa that are deemed to be vermetids but have not been assigned to a genus. These ... [details]

 Status

Described in polychaete worm genus; current genus-level placement in Vermetidae uncertain. [details]

 Status

Described in Vermicularia (Turritellidae); current genus-level placement in Vermetidae uncertain. [details]

 Status

Described in polychaete worm genus; current genus-level placement in Vermetidae uncertain. [details]

 Status

Described in polychaete worm genus; current genus-level placement in Vermetidae uncertain. [details]

 Status

Described in polychaete worm genus; current genus-level placement in Vermetidae uncertain. [details]

 Status

Described in polychaete worm genus; current genus-level placement in Vermetidae uncertain. [details]

 Status

Described in polychaete worm genus; current genus-level placement in Vermetidae uncertain. [details]

 Status

A junior primary homonym of Vermetus semisurrectus var. minor Monterosato, 1892; permanently invalid under ICZN (1999) ... [details]

 Status

Originally infrasubspecific but treated as subspecies by Turton (1932: 127). Bieler (1996: 25) credited Turton as ... [details]

 Status

A junior primary homonym of Vermetus semisurrectus var. minor Monterosato, 1892; permanently invalid under ICZN (1999) ... [details]

 Status

A junior primary homonym of Vermetus semisurrectus var. minor Monterosato, 1892; permanently invalid under ICZN (1999) ... [details]

 Status

A junior primary homonym of Vermetus semisurrectus var. minor Monterosato, 1892; permanently invalid under ICZN (1999) ... [details]

 Status

Treated as polychaete by Bieler & Petit (2011: 41). [details]

 Status

Mörch (1871: 131) stated that it might not be based on a mollusk. Placed in synonymy of Vermetus (Bivonia) ... [details]

 Status

Treated as a polychaete by Bieler & Petit (2011: 53). [details]

 Status

Considered a polychaete worm by Bieler & Petit (2011: 55) [details]

 Status

Described in polychaete worm genus; current genus-level placement in Vermetidae uncertain. [details]

 Status

Described in polychaete worm genus; current genus-level placement in Vermetidae uncertain. [details]

 Status

Boettger mistakenly renamed the senior homonym, Vermetus imbricatus Sandberger, "1863" [error for 1859], non V. ... [details]

 Status

Described in Vermicularia(/i> (Turritellidae); current genus-level placement in Vermetidae uncertain. [details]

 Status

Originally spelled "bicarinata", taking the gender of "forma". A junior primary homonym of Vermetus bicarinatus ... [details]

 Status

Junior primary homonym of Vermetus granulatus forma repens in the same work by Monterosato. [details]

 Synonymy

Keen (1961: 198) considered Magilina a possible synonym of Dendropoma[details]

 Synonymy

A justified emendation of Tulaxodus Guettard, 1770 [details]

 Taxonomic remark

Described in polychaete worm genus. [details]

 Taxonomy

Ex Kuroda manuscript. Bivonia dragonella was first described by Kuroda in 1947 in the Yume-hamaguri, a journal ... [details]

 Taxonomy

Stated by Kuroda & Habe (1952: 62) to be "a tube of an Annelid" but placed in Dendropoma by Habe & Masuda (1990: 23). [details]

 Taxonomy

Stated by Kuroda & Habe (1952: 62) to be "a tube of an Annelid" but placed in Dendropoma by Habe & Masuda (1990: 23). [details]

 Taxonomy

Originally infrasubspecific but treated as subspecies by Iwakawa (1909: 79). Bieler (1996: 25) credited Iwakawa as ... [details]

 Taxonomy

A member of Gastropoda: Vermetidae [details]

 Taxonomy

Confused in the past with the type species of Vermetus (Gastropoda: Vermetidae). [details]

 Taxonomy

Note that this is not the same as Vermetus panamensis Rousseau in Chenu, 1844  [details]

 Taxonomy

Note the existence of two nominal species, originally introduced as Vermetus panamensis Rousseau in Chenu, 1844, ... [details]

 Taxonomy

A member of Vermicularia in Gastropoda: Vermetidae [details]

 Taxonomy

Kuroda & Habe (1952) concluded that Pilsbry had figured two species as Thylacodes medusae and introduced the new ... [details]

 Taxonomy

Originally spelled "angulata". A junior primary homonym of Vermetus angulatus Rousseau in Chenu, 1844. See Bieler & ... [details]

 Taxonomy

New name introduced for Vermetus sipho Rousseau in Chenu, 1844, non Lamarck, 1818 [details]

 Taxonomy

Unnecessary new name for Vermicularia nodosa Hedley, 1907, non Vermetus nodosus Kaunhowen, 1897 [sic; = 1898]. [details]

 Taxonomy

Incorrectly considered to be a junior homonym of Vermetus nodosa Kaunhowen, 1898 and renamed Vermicularia hedleyi ... [details]

 Type designation

Type species, by subsequent designation of Kobelt (1878: 139), Vermetus arenarius ‘Quoy (nec. L.)’ which was ... [details]

 Type species

The type species of Spirorbis is Serpula spirorbis Linnaeus, 1758 by absolute tautonymy (Code article 68.4, and ... [details]