Vermicularia

Vermicularia
Vermicularia spp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Turritellidae
Subfamily:	Turritellinae
Genus:	Vermicularia Lamarck, 1799
Synonyms[1]
Vermiculus Lister, 1688

Vermicularia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Turritellidae.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Vermicularia include:

• Vermicularia bathyalis Petuch, 2002[2]
• Vermicularia fargoi Olsson, 1951[3]
• Vermicularia frisbeyae McLean, 1970
• Vermicularia gracilis (Maltzan, 1883)[4]
• Vermicularia knorrii (Deshayes, 1843)[5]
• Vermicularia lumbricalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Vermicularia maoriana Powell, 1937
• Vermicularia pellucida (Broderip & Sowerby, 1829)
• Vermicularia radicula (Stimpson, 1851)[6]
• Vermicularia spirata (Philippi, 1836)[7]
• Vermicularia tenuis (Rousseau in Chenu, 1843)
• Vermicularia tortuosa (Lightfoot, 1786)

Species brought into synonymy

• Vermicularia fewkesi (Yates, 1890): synonym of Vermicularia pellucida eburnea (Reeve, 1842)
• Vermicularia scaber (Gravenhorst, 1831): synonym of Vermetus scaberGravenhorst, 1831[8]

References

1. Vermicularia Lamarck, 1799. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
2. Vermicularia bathyalis Petuch, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
3. Vermicularia fargoi Olsson, 1951. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
4. Vermicularia gracilis (Maltzan, 1883). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
5. Vermicularia knorrii (Deshayes, 1843). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
6. Vermicularia radicula (Stimpson, 1851). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
7. Vermicularia spirata (Philippi, 1836). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
8. "Vermetus scaber", Molluscabase, LifeWatch Belgium, 2023.

• Mørch O. A. (1861–1862). Review of the Vermetidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1861) 2: 145-181 (September 1861) 3 page(s): 169