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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. [1] 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".
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 ...
Vermetus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells. [1] 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). [2]
Dendropoma is a genus of irregularly coiled sea snails known as "worm shells" or "worm snails". ... Reproductive biology of the gregarious Mediterranean vermetid ...
Dendropoma corallinaceum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells. It is a colonial species and forms aggregations on the lower shore near low-water mark. It is native to South Africa.
Vermetus triquetrus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells. [1] Vermetus triquetrus from the Pliocene of Italy. The genus Vermetus is very ancient. It is known in the fossil records from the Jurassic to the Quaternary (age range: from 164.7 to 0.0 million years ago). [2]
Thylaeodus rugulosus is a species of sea snail, ... the worm snails or worm shells. [1] ... Vermetid gastropods from Sao Miguel, Azores: Comparative anatomy ...
Dendropoma petraeum is a species of sea snail, ... the worm snails or worm shells. [1] ... (2002). "Spermiogenesis in the vermetid gastropod Dendropoma petraeum ...