page_title: Vermes in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae
section_title: Testacea
hierarchical_section_title: Vermes in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae / Testacea
caption_attribution_description: 43857 Conus granulatus (Glory-of-the-Atlantic) Pompano Beach, Florida HMNS 43847 Wikipedia Loves Art at the Houston Museum of Natural Science This photo of item # 43857 at the Houston Museum of Natural Science was contributed under the team name "Assignment_Houston_One" as part of the Wikipedia Loves Art project in February 2009. Houston Museum of Natural Science The original photograph on Flickr was taken by skarsol—please add a comment to the original Flickr page whenever a use has been made on Wikipedia or another project. Project galleries on Flickr: this institution, this team
context_page_description: In 1758, in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, the Swedish scientist and taxonomist Carl Linnaeus described the class "Vermes" as:
  Animals of slow motion, soft substance, able to increase their bulk and restore parts which have been destroyed, extremely tenacious of life, and the inhabitants of moist places. Many of them are without a distinct head, and most of them without feet. They are principally distinguished by their tentacles. By the Ancients they were not improperly called imperfect animals, as being destitute of ears, nose, head, eyes and legs; and are therefore totally distinct from Insects.
  Linnaean Characteristics
  Heart: 1 auricle, 0 ventricles. Cold, pus-like blood.
  Spiracles: obscure
  Jaw: various
  Penis: frequently hermaphrodites
  Organs of Sense: tentacles, eyes, no brain, no ears, no nostrils
  Covering: calcareous or none, except spines
  Supports: no feet, no fins. Crawls in moist places & are mute
  The class Vermes, as Linnaeus conceived it, was a rather diverse and mismatched grouping of animals; basically it served as a wastebasket taxon for any invertebrate species that was not an arthropod.
context_section_description: Chiton (chitons)
  Chiton hispidus
  Chiton tuberculatus – West Indian green chiton
  Chiton aculeatus
  Chiton punctatus
  Lepas (barnacles)
  Lepas balanus – Balanus balanus 
  Lepas tintinnabulum – Megabalanus tintinnabulum 
  Lepas testudinaria – Chelonibia testudinaria 
  Lepas mitella – Capitulum mitella 
  Lepas anatifera 
  Pholas (piddocks & angelwings)
  Pholas dactylus – Pholas dactylus
  Pholas costatus
  Pholas striatus
  Pholas candidus – Barnea candida
  Pholas pusillus
  Mya (soft-shell clams)
  Mya crispata
  Mya truncata – truncate softshell
  Mya arenaria – common softshell
  Mya lutraria
  Mya pictorum
  Mya margaritifera
  Mya perna
  Mya vulsella
  Solen (razor clams)
  Solen vagina
  Solen siliqua – Pod razor
  Solen ensis
  Solen legumen
  Solen cultellus
  Solen radiatus
  Solen strigilatus
  Solen anatinus
  Solen bullatus
  Solen inaequivalvis
  Tellina (tellins)
  Tellina gargadia
  Tellina linguafelis
  Tellina virgata
  Tellina gari
  Tellina fragilis – Gastrana fragilis
  Tellina albida
  Tellina foliacea
  Tellina planata
  Tellina laevigata – smooth tellin
  Tellina radiata – sunrise tellin
  Tellina rostrata
  Tellina trifasciata
  Tellina incarnata
  Tellina donacina – Donax tellin
  Tellina balaustina
  Tellina remies
  Tellina scobinata
  Tellina lactea
  Tellina carnaria
  Tellina bimaculata
  Tellina balthica – Baltic tellin
  Tellina pisiformis
  Tellina divaricata
  Tellina digitaria
  Tellina cornea
  Cardium (cockles)
  Cardium costatum
  Cardium cardissa
  Cardium hemicardium
  Cardium medium
  Cardium muricatum – Acanthocardia aculeata
  Cardium echinatum – Acanthocardia echinata
  Cardium ciliare
  Cardium tuberculatum – Acanthocardia tuberculata
  Cardium isocardia
  Cardium fragum
  Cardium unedo
  Cardium muricatum
  Cardium magnum
  Cardium flavum
  Cardium laevigatum
  Cardium serratum
  Cardium triste
  Cardium corallinum
  Cardium solidum
  Cardium edule – common cockle
  Cardium rusticum
  Cardium pectinatum
  Cardium stultorum
  Cardium virgineum
  Cardium humanum
  Donax (wedge shells)
  Donax pubescens
  Donax rugosa
  Donax trunculus
  Donax denticulata
  Donax cuneata
  Donax scripta
  Donax muricata
  Donax irus
  Venus (Venus clams)
  Venus dione
  Venus marica
  Venus dysera
  Venus verrucosa – warty venus
  Venus casina
  Venus gallina – Chamelea gallina
  Venus petulca
  Venus erycina
  Venus mercenaria – hard clam
  Venus chione
  Venus maculata
  Venus meretrix
  Venus scortum
  Venus laeta
  Venus castrensis
  Venus phryne
  Venus meroë
  Venus deflorata
  Venus fimbriata
  Venus reticulata
  Venus squamosa
  Venus tigerina
  Venus prostrata
  Venus pensylvanica
  Venus incrustata
  Venus punctata
  Venus exoleta
  Venus orbicularis
  Venus ziczac
  Venus pectinata
  Venus scripta
  Venus edentula
  Venus lupinus
  Venus literata
  Venus rotundata
  Venus decussata
  Spondylus (thorny oysters)
  Spondylus gaederopus
  Spondylus regius
  Chama (jewel box shells)
  Chama lazarus
  Chama gigas
  Chama hippopus
  Chama antiquata
  Chama semiorbiculata
  Chama calyculata
  Chama cordata
  Chama oblonga
  Chama gryphoides
  Chama bicornis
  Arca (ark clams)
  Arca tortuosa
  Arca noae
  Arca barbata – Barbatia barbata
  Arca pella
  Arca lactea – Striarca lactea
  Arca antiquata
  Arca senilis
  Arca granosa
  Arca decussata
  Arca pallens
  Arca undata
  Arca pectunculus
  Arca glycymeris
  Arca nummaria
  Arca nucleus
  Ostrea (true oysters)
  Ostrea maxima
  Ostrea jacobaea
  Ostrea ziczac
  Ostrea striatula
  Ostrea minuta
  Ostrea pleuronectes
  Ostrea obliterata
  Ostrea radula
  Ostrea plica
  Ostrea pallium
  Ostrea nodosa
  Ostrea pes felis
  Ostrea pellucens
  Ostrea sanguinea
  Ostrea varia
  Ostrea pusio
  Ostrea glabra
  Ostrea opercularis
  Ostrea gibba
  Ostrea flavicans
  Ostrea fasciata
  Ostrea lima
  Ostrea isognomum
  Ostrea malleus
  Ostrea folium – Pycnodonta folium
  Ostrea orbicularis
  Ostrea edulis – edible oyster
  Ostrea semiaurita
  Ostrea ephippium
  Anomia (saddle oysters)
  Anomia craniolaris
  Anomia pectinata
  Anomia ephippium
  Anomia cepa
  Anomia electrica
  Anomia squamula – prickly jingle
  Anomia scobinata
  Anomia aurita
  Anomia retusa – Terebratulina retusa
  Anomia gryphus
  Anomia pecten
  Anomia striatula
  Anomia reticularis
  Anomia plicatella
  Anomia crispa
  Anomia lacunosa
  Anomia fareta
  Anomia caput serpentis
  Anomia terebratula
  Anomia angulata
  Anomia hysterita
  Anomia biloba
  Anomia placenta
  Mytilus – (Mussels including mari
caption: The Glory-of-the-Atlantic cone was named Conus granulatus in 1758.
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