VERMETUS
\vˈɜːmɛtəs], \vˈɜːmɛtəs], \v_ˈɜː_m_ɛ_t_ə_s]\
Definitions of VERMETUS
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Any one of many species of marine gastropods belonging to Vermetus and allied genera, of the family Vermetidae. Their shells are regularly spiral when young, but later in life the whorls become separate, and the shell is often irregularly bent and contorted like a worm tube.
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