''Vetulonia'' is a
genus of
sea snail
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s,
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks, unassigned in the
superfamily
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Seguenzioidea.
[WoRMS (2009). ''Vetulonia'' Dall, 1913. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137864 on 27 March 2013]
Description
(Original description) The small shell is turbiniform, thin and umbilicated. It shows radiating ribs crossing spiral threads . The peristome is interrupted by the
body whorl
The body whorl is part of the morphology of the shell in those gastropod mollusks that possess a coiled shell. The term is also sometimes used in a similar way to describe the shell of a cephalopod mollusk.
In gastropods
In gastropods, the b ...
. The outer
lip in the completely adult is reflected and somewhat thickened. The
aperture is unarmed.
[ Dall W. H. (1913). "A new genus of Trochidae". '' The Nautilus'' 27]
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Species
Species within the genus ''Vetulonia'' include:
* ''
Vetulonia densilirata
''Vetulonia densilirata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Vetulonia densilirata'' Dall, 1927. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species at h ...
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Dall, 1927
* ''
Vetulonia galapagana
''Vetulonia galapagana'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Vetulonia galapagana'' Dall, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
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Dall, 1913
* ''
Vetulonia giacobbei
''Vetulonia giacobbei'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily
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Renda & Micali, 2016
* ''
Vetulonia parajeffreysi
''Vetulonia parajeffreysi'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This clas ...
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Absalão & Pimenta, 2005
* ''
Vetulonia paucivaricosa
''Vetulonia paucivaricosa'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.
Description
The shell grows to a height of 3.8 mm.
(Described as ''Trochus cancellatus'') The rather thin shell forms a de ...
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(Dautzenberg, 1889)
* ''
Vetulonia phalcata
''Vetulonia phalcata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.MolluscaBase (2018). ''Vetulonia phalcata'' Warén & Bouchet, 1993. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
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Warén & Bouchet, 1993
* † ''
Vetulonia philippinensis''
Kiel, Aguilar & Kase, 2020
; Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Vetulonia cancellata''
(Jeffreys, 1883): synonym of ''Vetulonia paucivaricosa''
(Dautzenberg, 1889)
* ''Vetulonia jeffreysi''
Dall, 1913: synonym of ''Vetulonia paucivaricosa''
(Dautzenberg, 1889)
* ''Vetulonia josephinae''
''Dall, 1927'': synonym of ''Vetulonia paucivaricosa''
(Dautzenberg, 1889)
References
* Warén, A. & Bouchet, P. (1993). New records, species, genera, and a new family of gastropods from hydrothermal vents and hydrocarbon seeps. Zoologica Scripta. 22: 1-90.
* Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. pp 196–219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press,
External links
Kano, Y.; Chikyu, E.; Warén, A. (2009). Morphological, ecological and molecular characterization of the enigmatic planispiral snail genus Adeuomphalus (Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 75(4): 397-418.
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