Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Vermetoidea > Family Vermetidae > Genus Vermetus

Vermetus granulatus (Gravenhorst, 1831)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Vermicularia Lamarck, 1799

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Vermetus*	Daudin, 1800	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Vermetus granulatus var. excurrens*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Vermetus granulatus var. repens*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Vermetus granulatus var. spongicola*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Vermetus triqueter var. pinnicola*	Mörch, 1862	synonym
*Vermetus cristatus*	Biondi, 1859 sensu Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1884	misapplied name

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2011). Catalogue of Recent and fossil “worm-snail” taxa of the families Vermetidae, Siliquariidae, and Turritellidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). Zootaxa. 2948: 1-103.
status source	Scuderi D. 2000. Contributo alla conoscenza dei Vermetidae mediterranei: Vermetus (Thylaeodus) granulatus (Gravenhorst, 1831) e suoi principali morfotipi. Bollettino Malacologico 35(1-4): 45-48

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vermetus granulatus (Gravenhorst, 1831). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141941