Vermetus anguis Forbes 1846 (worm shell)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae

Full reference: E. Forbes. 1846. Report on the fossil invertebrata from southern India, collected by Mr. Kaye and Mr. Cunliffe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 7:97-174

Belongs to Vermetus according to E. Forbes 1846

Sister taxa: Vermetus (Bivonia), Vermetus (Thylaeodus), Vermetus (Vermetus), Vermetus anellum, Vermetus carmatus, Vermetus cornejoi, Vermetus cristatus, Vermetus giganteus, Vermetus hanguensis, Vermetus javanus, Vermetus junghuhni, Vermetus lumbricalis, Vermetus maximus, Vermetus pulcher, Vermetus quadricarinatus, Vermetus stampinensis, Vermetus tokyoensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Vermetus anguis in the database

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