Taxon profile
species
Vermicularia fargoi A. A. Olsson, 1951
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Gastropoda - gastropods » family Turritellidae - Turritellas » genus Vermicularia
ID: 587815
pID: 587814
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Libor Prudký
Created: 2008-11-13 18:07:33 - User Jiří Novák
Data last updated: 2021-03-02 20:21:45
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[[t:587815;<em>Vermicularia fargoi</em>]] A. A. Olsson, 1951
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id587815/"><em>Vermicularia fargoi</em></a>
pID: 587814
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Libor Prudký
Created: 2008-11-13 18:07:33 - User Jiří Novák
Data last updated: 2021-03-02 20:21:45
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id587815/
Text function: [[t:587815;<em>Vermicularia fargoi</em>]]
[[t:587815;<em>Vermicularia fargoi</em>]] A. A. Olsson, 1951
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id587815/"><em>Vermicularia fargoi</em></a>
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Author: Tunnell et al.
Description
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 109724
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Vermicularia fargoi Olsson, 1951 Fargo's Wormsnail
Distribution: Florida, Texas.
Size: Apex about 18 mm; apex and wormlike teleoconch about 80 mm (3 inch). Description: Color dull gray to yellowish-tan; shape of apex conic and pointed, teleoconch wormlike; apical whorls with 2 spiral cords on upper whorls and 3 spiral cords on lower whorls; teleoconch whorls twisted and separate; 3 thick spiral cords crossed by axial ribs; aperture subquadrate.
Habitat: Found on bay bottoms and mudflats at depths from 0 to 10 m (33 ft). Remarks: To our knowledge, live material has not been reported from Texas, but fragments are common in Port Aransas and Port Isabel. The species listed in Andrews (1977) as Vspirata is this species. See Ode and Speers (1971b); Abbott (1974).
Distribution: Florida, Texas.
Size: Apex about 18 mm; apex and wormlike teleoconch about 80 mm (3 inch). Description: Color dull gray to yellowish-tan; shape of apex conic and pointed, teleoconch wormlike; apical whorls with 2 spiral cords on upper whorls and 3 spiral cords on lower whorls; teleoconch whorls twisted and separate; 3 thick spiral cords crossed by axial ribs; aperture subquadrate.
Habitat: Found on bay bottoms and mudflats at depths from 0 to 10 m (33 ft). Remarks: To our knowledge, live material has not been reported from Texas, but fragments are common in Port Aransas and Port Isabel. The species listed in Andrews (1977) as Vspirata is this species. See Ode and Speers (1971b); Abbott (1974).
Tunnell, J.W. , Andrews, J. , Barrera, N.C. & Moretzsohn, F., 2010. Encyclopedia of Texas seashells.
Author: Jan Delsing
Links and literature
Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Vermicularia fargoi Olsson, 1951]Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013