| Vermetus triquetrus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Vermetidae |
| Genus: | Vermetus |
| Species: | V. triquetrus
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| Binomial name | |
| Vermetus triquetrus Bivona-Bernardi, 1832
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Vermetus triquetrus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails or worm shells.[1]
The genus Vermetus is very ancient. It is known in the fossil records from the Jurassic to the Quaternary (age range: from 164.7 to 0.0 million years ago).[2]
- ^ Vermetus triquetrus Bivona Ant., 1832. Gofas, S. (2009). Vermetus triquetrus Bivona Ant., 1832. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141944 on 9 July 2010 .
- ^ Fossilworks