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Vermetidae (worm shell)
Taxonomy
Vermetidae was named by Rafinesque (1815) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5466]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Taenioglossa by Martin (1904); to Cerithiacea by Ward and Blackwelder (1987); to Cerithioidea by Ward (1992); and to Vermetoidea by Ponder and Warén (1988), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Beesley (1998), Todd (2001), Bouchet et al. (2005) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).
It was assigned to Taenioglossa by Martin (1904); to Cerithiacea by Ward and Blackwelder (1987); to Cerithioidea by Ward (1992); and to Vermetoidea by Ponder and Warén (1988), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Beesley (1998), Todd (2001), Bouchet et al. (2005) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1815 | Vermetidae Rafinesque |
| 1904 | Vermetidae Martin p. 231 |
| 1987 | Vermetidae Ward and Blackwelder p. 131 |
| 1988 | Vermetidae Ponder and Warén p. 300 |
| 1992 | Vermetidae Ward p. 119 |
| 1995 | Vermetidae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 157 |
| 1998 | Vermetidae Beesley p. 779 |
| 2001 | Vermetidae Todd |
| 2005 | Vermetidae Bouchet et al. p. 253 |
| 2010 | Vermetidae Landau and Marques da Silva p. 33 |
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