# 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)