Vetulonia Dall 1913

Vetulonia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, unassigned in the superfamily Seguenzioidea.^[1]

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. ^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Vetulonia include:^[3]

• 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,