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Vermetus
Sign in to saveVermetus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderLittorinimorpha
- FamilyVermetidae
Habitatmarine
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 793
- With media
- 78
- Family
- Vermetidae
- Collections
- PRI, NHMUK, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UF, YPM, CAS
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, United States, Panama, Peru, Barbados
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Vermetidae
- Image
- Vermetus Pliocene Cyprus aperture view.jpg
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- Vermetus
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- Category:Vermetus
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Vermetus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.
The genus Vermetus is very ancient: it occurs in the fossil record from the Jurassic to the Quaternary (age range: from 164.7 to 0.0 million years ago).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vermetus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.