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

Petaloconchus glomeratus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Petaloconchus*	H. C. Lea, 1843	accepted genus name
*Thylacodus*	Mörch, 1860	synonym

Species group names

*Serpula glomerata*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Vermetus intortus*	Weinkauff, 1868	synonym
*Vermetus subcancellatus*	Bivona e Bernardi, 1832	synonym
*Vermetus subcancellatus var. albina*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Vermetus subcancellatus var. cylindrata*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Vermetus subcancellatus var. intortiformis*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Vermetus subcancellatus var. minor*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Vermetus subcancellatus var. solitaria*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Vermetus subcancellatus var. soluta*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Vermetus subcancellatus var. tricha*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Vermetus subcancellatus var. tubulosa*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Vermetus subcancellatus var. vermiculina*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym

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	Keen M. (1961). A proposed reclassification of the gastropod family Vermetidae. Bulletin of the British Museum, Natural History (Zoology), 7(3): 183-213, pls. 54-55. [February]
additional source	Scuderi D. 2012. A new species of Petaloconchus Lea, 1843 from the Mediterranean Sea (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Vermetidae). Biodiversity Journal, 3(2): 123-128

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Petaloconchus glomeratus (Linnaeus, 1758). 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:141939