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

Vermetus triquetrus Bivona e Bernardi, 1832

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Vermetus*	Daudin, 1800	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Vermetus triqueter*	[sic]	orthographic variant
*Bivonia triquetra*	(Bivona e Bernardi, 1832)	synonym
*Bivonia triquetra var. aletes*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Bivonia triquetra var. fascicularis*	Mörch, 1862	synonym
*Bivonia triquetra var. serpulina*	Mörch, 1862	synonym
*Bivonia triquetra var. unicarinata*	Monterosato, 1917	synonym
*Vermetus (Bivonia) gregarius*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Vermetus gregarius*	Monterosato, 1878	synonym
*Vermetus gregarius var. solitaria*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Vermetus gregarius var. typica*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Vermetus triqueter var. bicarinata*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Vermetus triqueter var. discoidea*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym
*Vermetus triqueter var. repens*	Monterosato, 1892	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: kërmilli guaskëkrimb sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

English: worm shell sources: Hayward, P. J.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1996). Collins pocket guide: sea shore of Britain and Europe. Collins pocket guides. Harper-Collins Publishers: London, UK. ISBN 0-00-219955-6. 352 pp.

German: Dreieckswurmschnecke; Dreikant-Wurmschnecke

Literature

original description	Bivona-Bernardi Ant. (1832). Caratteri dei vermeti desunti da cinque specie che abitano nel mare di Palermo. Effemeride Scientifiche e Letterarie per la Sicilia 1: 59-62 [stated date february 1832]; 2: 3-8, pl. 2 [april]
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	Golding, R. E.; Bieler, R.; Rawlings, T. A.; Collins, T. M. (2014). Deconstructing Dendropoma: a systematic revision of a world-wide worm-snail group with descriptions of new genera (Caenogastropoda: Vermetidae). Malacologia. 57(1): 1-97.
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.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vermetus triquetrus Bivona e Bernardi, 1832. 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:141944

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Environment

marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

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