Vermetoidea

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Vermetoidea
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Dendropoma maxima Maldives
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Vermetoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
Families

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The Vermetoidea, the worm snails or worm shells, are a taxonomic superfamily of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Littorinimorpha. [1] [2]

The shells of species in the family Vermetidae are extremely irregular, and do not resemble the average snail shell, hence the common name "worm shells" or "worm snails"

Families

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Littorinimorpha Order of gastropods

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Cypraeoidea Superfamily of gastropods

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Vermetidae Family of gastropods

The Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells, are a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. The shells of species in the family Vermetidae are extremely irregular, and do not resemble the average snail shell, hence the common name "worm shells" or "worm snails".

Thylacodes zelandicus is a species of sea snail, a worm snail or worm shell, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails. This species was previously known as Serpulorbis zelandicus.

Thylacodes aotearoicus is a species of sea snail, a worm snail or worm shell, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails. This species was previously known as Serpulorbis aotearoicus.

The taxonomy of the Gastropoda, as revised by Winston Ponder and David R. Lindberg in 1997, is an older taxonomy of the class Gastropoda, the class of molluscs consisting of all snails and slugs. The full name of the work in which this taxonomy was published is Towards a phylogeny of gastropod molluscs: an analysis using morphological characters.

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<i>Petaloconchus glomeratus</i> Species of gastropod

Petaloconchus glomeratus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.

<i>Thylacodes colubrinus</i> Species of gastropod

Thylacodes colubrinus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells. This species was previously known as Serpulorbis colubrinus.

Vermetidae incertae sedis goreensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.

<i>Thylaeodus rugulosus</i> Species of gastropod

Thylaeodus rugulosus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.

Thylaeodus semisurrectus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.

<i>Vermetus triquetrus</i> Species of gastropod

Vermetus triquetrus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.

Thylacodes Genus of gastropods

Thylacodes is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells. The species in this genus were previously placed in the genus Serpulorbis.

Thylaeodus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.

Thylacodes sipho the common worm-shell is a species of sea snail, a worm shell, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails.

References

  1. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia . Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN   3-925919-72-4. ISSN   0076-2997.
  2. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Vermetoidea Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=387340 on 2019-03-03