- Source: Vetulonia (gastropod)
Vetulonia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.
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 outer lip in the completely adult is reflected and somewhat thickened. The aperture is unarmed.
Species
Species within the genus Vetulonia include:
Vetulonia densilirata Dall, 1927
Vetulonia galapagana Dall, 1913
Vetulonia giacobbei Renda & Micali, 2016
Vetulonia parajeffreysi Absalão & Pimenta, 2005
Vetulonia paucivaricosa (Dautzenberg, 1889)
Vetulonia phalcata 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.