WoRMS taxon details
Vermetus afer (Gmelin, 1791)
438934 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:438934)
accepted
Species
Serpula afra Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Serpula afra Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3745 [details]
page(s): 3745 [details]
Type locality contained in Cape of Gorée
type locality contained in Cape of Gorée [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vermetus afer (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=438934 on 2025-04-06
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(of Serpula afra Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3745 [details]
basis of record Keen M. (1961). A proposed reclassification of the gastropod family Vermetidae. <i>Bulletin of the British Museum, Natural History (Zoology)</i>, 7(3): 183-213, pls. 54-55. [February], available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27756384
page(s): 183, 187, 193, 201 [details]
page(s): 3745 [details]
basis of record Keen M. (1961). A proposed reclassification of the gastropod family Vermetidae. <i>Bulletin of the British Museum, Natural History (Zoology)</i>, 7(3): 183-213, pls. 54-55. [February], available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27756384
page(s): 183, 187, 193, 201 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
