WoRMS taxon details
Vermetidae Rafinesque, 1815
23139 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:23139)
accepted
Family
- Genus Cayo Bieler, T. M. Collins, Golding & Rawlings, 2023
- Genus Ceraesignum Golding, Bieler, Rawlings & T. M. Collins, 2014
- Genus Cerithiovermetus Bandel, 2006
- Genus Cupolaconcha Golding, Bieler, Rawlings & T. M. Collins, 2014
- Genus Dendropoma Mörch, 1861
- Genus Eualetes Keen, 1971
- Genus Novastoa Finlay, 1926
- Genus Petaloconchus H. C. Lea, 1843
- Genus Thylacodes Guettard, 1770
- Genus Thylaeodus Mörch, 1860
- Genus Tripsycha Keen, 1961
- Genus Vermetus Daudin, 1800
- Genus Dofania Mörch, 1860 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Genus Magilina Vélain, 1877 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Genus Spiroglyphus Daudin, 1800 (uncertain > nomen dubium, invalid: on Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology)
- Genus Vermitoma Kuroda, 1928 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Genus Aletes P. P. Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Thylacodes Guettard, 1770 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Bivonia J. E. Gray, 1842 accepted as Dendropoma Mörch, 1861 (junior homonym of Bivonia Cocco, 1832 in Crustacea)
- Genus Cladopoda J. E. Gray, 1850 accepted as Thylacodes Guettard, 1770 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Macrophragma P. P. Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Petaloconchus H. C. Lea, 1843
- 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)
- Genus Tetranemia Mörch, 1859 accepted as Thylacodes Guettard, 1770 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Thylacodus Mörch, 1860 accepted as Petaloconchus H. C. Lea, 1843
- Genus Tulaxoda Blainville, 1828 accepted as Thylacodes Guettard, 1770 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Tulaxodus Guettard, 1770 accepted as Thylacodes Guettard, 1770 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Veristoa Iredale, 1937 accepted as Dendropoma Mörch, 1861 (subjective synonym)
- Genus Vermiculus "Da Costa, 1776" accepted as Dofania Mörch, 1860 (non-binominal)
- Subfamily Dendropomatinae Bandel & Kowalke, 1997
- Subfamily Vermetinae Rafinesque, 1815
- Genus Vermetidae incertae sedis (temporary name)
marine
recent + fossil
Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 144; note: Original spelling (family) Vermetinia [details]
page(s): 144; note: Original spelling (family) Vermetinia [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Vermetidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23139 on 2026-05-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 144; note: Original spelling (family) Vermetinia [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 144; note: Original spelling (family) Vermetinia [details]
basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors
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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 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Classification The position of the Vermetidae has been controversial. However, sperm ultrastructure (Healy, 1988) and molecular data (e.g., Colgan et al. 2000) clearly show that it belongs in the Littorinimorpha although placement in the Cerithioidea still persist (e.g. Bandel & Kowalke, 1997; Kowalke, 1998; Bandel & Kiel, 2000). Lydeard et al. (2002) found Campanile and Serpulorbis [= Thylacodes] formed a clade that was sister to the Cerithioidea but outgroup sampling in this analysis was limited. [details]
