WoRMS name details
Vermetus conicus var. retifer Mörch, 1862
733127 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:733127)
unaccepted
Variety
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1862). Review of the Vermetidae (Part II). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1861: 326-365., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672868
page(s): 343-344 [details]
page(s): 343-344 [details]
Status Originally infrasubspecific but treated as subspecies by Turton (1932: 127). Bieler (1996: 25) credited Turton as the...
Status Originally infrasubspecific but treated as subspecies by Turton (1932: 127). Bieler (1996: 25) credited Turton as the author of this name, but under I.C.Z.N. (1999) Art. 45.6.4.1. it is deemed subspecific from its original publication. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Vermetus conicus var. retifer Mörch, 1862. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=733127 on 2025-05-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1862). Review of the Vermetidae (Part II). <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1861: 326-365., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28672868
page(s): 343-344 [details]
page(s): 343-344 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Turton, W. H. (1932). The marine shells of Port Alfred S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London. pp. i-xvi, 1-331, pls 1-70. [published 22 Dec. 1932].
page(s): 127 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 127 [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Bieler, R. (1996). Mörch's worm-snail taxa (Caenogastropoda: Vermetidae, Siliquariidae, Turritellidae). <em>American Malacological Bulletin.</em> 13 (1): 23-35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45930835
page(s): 25 [details]
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). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2948: 1-103., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02948p103.pdf
page(s): 55 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 25 [details]
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). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2948: 1-103., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02948p103.pdf
page(s): 55 [details] Available for editors

From editor or global species database
Spelling Originally spelled "retifera". [details]Status Originally infrasubspecific but treated as subspecies by Turton (1932: 127). Bieler (1996: 25) credited Turton as the author of this name, but under I.C.Z.N. (1999) Art. 45.6.4.1. it is deemed subspecific from its original publication. [details]