RESEARCH ARTICLE

An overview of the recent vermetids (Gastropoda: Vermetidae) from Brazil

Paula Spotorno1, Frederico T. S. Tâmega2 & Carlos E. Bemvenuti3

1 Museu Oceanográfico “Prof. Eliézer de Carvalho Rios”, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande. Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
2 Instituto Biodiversidade Marinha. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
3 Laboratório de Ecologia de Invertebrados Bentônicos, Instituto Oceanográfico, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande. Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.

Abstract

Literature and malacological collection records were reviewed to compile a list of the Vermetid taxa from Brazil. The total number of taxa so far recorded is 16: 2 of Dendropoma, 10 of Petaloconchus, 1 of Thylaeodus and 3 of Thylacodes. The present study registered new occurrences of Vermetidae for the Brazilian coast, broadening the knowledge of the group as well as the geographical distribution of these taxa.

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Cite as: Spotorno, P, Tâmega, FTS, Bemvenuti, CE. (2012) An overview of the recent vermetids (Gastropoda: Vermetidae) from Brazil. Strombus 19(1–2): 1–8.

Publication date: 11 November 2012.