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Spanish vermitia? o siliquaria? - Emma - 08-25-2011
Hello everybody,
I'm posting a photo of what I think is a Spanish vermitia, collected on Cunit beach, Tarragona, ca. 2000, washed ashore on a sandy beach. Does anybody know what it is called?
![[Image: P8230619.JPG]](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Fk9XnAdURlk/TlYLKyePTxI/AAAAAAAAASk/_OIEXfdFrA4/s400/P8230619.JPG)
![[Image: P8230620.JPG]](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yIWR_WSDpJY/TlYLTqOWbxI/AAAAAAAAASs/V_koa4Atyyo/s400/P8230620.JPG)
Many thanks!!
Best wishes,
Emma.
Re: Spanish vermitia? o siliquaria? - paul monfils - 08-27-2011
Certainly not a Siliquaria. Appears to be Vermetidae, but there are about 10 Mediterranean species, in several genera (Vermetus, Dendropoma, Serpulorbis, Petaloconchus) which are difficult to identify because they are so variable, and because there is little good literature on them.
Re: Spanish vermitia? o siliquaria? - Emma - 08-27-2011
Thanks Paul, I'll just classify it as Vermetidae sp. then in my records.
Best wishes,
Emma.
Re: Spanish vermitia? o siliquaria? - poseidon - 12-01-2011
should be vermetus semisurrectus
Re: Spanish vermitia? o siliquaria? - Emma - 12-06-2011
Thanks poseidon!