Vermicularia
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Vermicularia is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....

s, marine
Marine (ocean)
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 gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
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 Turritellidae
Turritellidae
Turritellidae, the tower snails, is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Sorbeoconcha.These snails are filter feeders...

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Species

Species within the genus Vermicularia include:
  • Vermicularia bathyalis
    Vermicularia bathyalis
    Vermicularia bathyalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae....

    Petuch, 2002
  • Vermicularia fargoi
    Vermicularia fargoi
    Vermicularia fargoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae....

    Olsson, 1951
  • Vermicularia gracilis
    Vermicularia gracilis
    Vermicularia gracilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae....

    (Maltzan, 1883)
  • Vermicularia knorrii
    Vermicularia knorrii
    Vermicularia knorrii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae....

    (Deshayes, 1843)
  • Vermicularia radicula
    Vermicularia radicula
    Vermicularia radicula, common name the northern wormsnail, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae....

    (Stimpson, 1851)
  • Vermicularia spirata
    Vermicularia spirata
    Vermicularia spirata, common name the West Indian worm-shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turritellidae....

    (Philippi, 1836)
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