Vermetus

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).

Species
Species within the genus Vermetus include:
 * Vermetus adansonii Daudin, 1800
 * Vermetus afer ( Gmelin, 1791)
 * Vermetus annulus Rousseau in Chenu, 1843
 * Vermetus balanitintinnabuli Mörch, 1862
 * Vermetus bieleri Scuderi, Swinnen & Templado, 2017
 * Vermetus biperforatus Bieler, Collins, Golding & Rawlings, 2019
 * Vermetus brasiliensis Rousseau in Chenu, 1844
 * Vermetus carinatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
 * Vermetus dentiferus Rousseau in Chenu, 1844
 * Vermetus enderli Schiaparelli & Metivier, 2000
 * Vermetus eruca (Lamarck, 1818) (taxon inquirendum)
 * Vermetus granulatus (Gravenhorst, 1831)
 * Vermetus intestinalis (Gmelin, 1791) (taxon inquirendum)
 * Vermetus periscopium Barnard, 1963
 * Vermetus reticulatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
 * Vermetus sansibaricus Thiele, 1925
 * Vermetus scaber Gravenhorst, 1831
 * Vermetus tonganus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
 * Vermetus triquetrus Bivona Ant., 1832
 * Vermetus turonius Rousseau in Chenu, 1844
 * Vermetus vitreus Kuroda & Habe, 1972
 * Species brought into synonymy:
 * Vermetus alii Hadfield & Kay, 1972 : synonym of Eualetes tulipa (Rousseau in Chenu, 1843) (subjective synonym)
 * Vermetus annulatus Costa, 1861 : synonym of Filogranula annulata (O. G. Costa, 1861)
 * Vermetus calyculatus Costa, 1861 : synonym of Filogranula calyculata (O. G. Costa, 1861)
 * Vermetus cariniferus Gray, 1843 : synonym of Spirobranchus carinifer (Gray, 1843)
 * Vermetus centiquadrus Valenciennes, 1846 : synonym of Eualetes centiquadrus (Valenciennes, 1846)
 * Vermetus cristatus Biondi, 1857: synonym of Dendropoma petraeum
 * Vermetus cyclicus Watson, 1886: synonym of Ctiloceras cyclicum (Watson, 1886)
 * Vermetus gigas Bivona in Philippi, 1836: synonym of Serpulorbis arenarius
 * Vermetus goreensis (Gmelin, 1791) : synonym of Vermetidae incertae sedis goreensis (Gmelin, 1791)
 * Vermetus indentatus (Carpenter, 1857) : synonym of Thylaeodus indentatus (Carpenter, 1857)
 * Vermetus knorrii Deshayes, 1843: synonym of Vermicularia knorrii (Deshayes, 1843)
 * Vermetus masier Deshayes, 1843 : synonym of Thylacodes masier (Deshayes, 1843) (original combination)
 * Vermetus mutabilis Costa, 1861: synonym of Filogranula calyculata (O. G. Costa, 1861)
 * Vermetus peronii Valenciennes, A., 1846 : synonym of Eualetes centiquadrus (Valenciennes, 1846)
 * Vermetus quadrangulus Philippi, 1848: synonym of Vermicularia spirata (Philippi, 1836)
 * Vermetus quincunx Barnard, 1963 : synonym of Stephopoma quincunx (Barnard, 1963)
 * Vermetus quinquecostatus Daudin, 1800 : synonym of Spirobranchus lima (Grube, 1862)
 * Vermetus radilula Stimpson, 1851 : synonym of Vermicularia radicula (Stimpson, 1851)
 * Vermetus roseus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834 : synonym of Stephopoma roseum (Quoy & Gaimard)
 * Vermetus rugulosus Monterosato, 1878: synonym of Thylaeodus rugulosus (Monterosato, 1878) (original combination)
 * Vermetus selectus (Monterosato, 1892) : synonym of Thylacodes arenarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Vermetus semisurrectus Bivona Ant., 1832 : synonym of Thylaeodus semisurrectus (Bivona-Bernardi, 1832) (original combination)
 * Vermetus spiratus Philippi, 1836 : synonym of Vermicularia spirata (Philippi, 1836)
 * Vermetus tridentatus Daudin, 1800: synonym of Placostegus tridentatus (Fabricius, 1779)