Table 1.

Sampling localities, tissue sources, and PCR primer sequences for the six vermetid species examined in this study

Species	FMNH voucher # GenBank accession #	Locality	Tissue	Primer Set A (5'-3') rrnL-F/cox1-R	Fragment Size (bp)	Primer Set B (5'-3') rrnL-R/cox1-F	Fragment Size (bp)
Dendropoma maximum (Sowerby1825)	FMNH 318221 HM174253	Gulf of Aqaba, Jordan	Foot tissue; buccal mass	CGAATTGAAAGGGGGGCTTGTGACCTCGATGTTG TTTCGATCCGTTAAAAGCATAGTGATAGCTCC	6877	ACGCTACCTTCGCACGGTCAAAGTACCGCGGC TTGTTATGCCAATAATGATTGGTGGTTTCGG	8809
Dendropoma gregarium Hadfield & Kay 1972	FMNH 318222 HM174252	HI, USA	Foot tissue; buccal mass	CAAATCGAAAAAAGGGTTTGCGACCTCGATGTTG TTACGGTCAGTTAAGAGTATGGTAATAGCACC	6490	ATGCTACCTTTGCACGGTCAGGGTACCGCGGC TGGTAATACCCATGATAATTGGAGGTTTTGG	9254
Eualetes tulipa (Chenu1843)	FMNH 318223 HM174254	Peanut Island, Palm Beach Co., FL, USA	Buccal mass	CATATCGAAAGAATAGTTTGCGACCTCGATGTTG TTTCGGTCCGTCAACAATATTGTAATTGCCCC	6880	TTCAACGAGAGCGACGGGCGATATGTACAC (rrnS-R) TGGTAATGCCTATAATGATTGGGGGGTTCGG	7472
Thylacodes squamigerus1 (Carpenter, 1857)	FMNH 318997 HM174255	Corona del Mar, CA, USA	Foot tissue	CCCATCGAAAGAAGAGTTTGTGACCTCGATGTTG TTTCGGTCCGTCAACAGCATAGTAATAGCTCC	6648	ATGCTACCTTTGCACGGTCAGAGTACCGCGGC TGGTTATACCAATAATAATTGGTGGCTTCGG	9034
Thylaeodus sp.	FMNH 318224 HM174256	Kewalo Marine Laboratory, HI, USA	Head, foot & mantle margin	CATATTGAAAAAAAAGTTTGTGACCTCGATGTTG TTTCGATCAGTCAATAACATAGTAATTGCGCC	4703	ATGCTACCTTTGCACGGTCAGAGTACCGCGGC TAGTAATACCTATAATAATTGGTGGATTTGG	N/A
Vermetus erectus Dall, 1888	FMNH 318225 HM174257	Pourtales Terrace, Florida Keys; FL, USA	Foot tissue; buccal mass	CTAATCGAAGAAAAGGCTTGTGACCTCGATGTTG TTTCGGTCAGTCAGTAGTATAGTAATAGCACC	3107	ATGCTACCTTAGCACGGTTAAAATACCGCGGC TTGTCATGCCTATAATAATTGGCGGATTTGG	N/A

¹Thylacodes has been demonstrated to have priority over Serpulorbis; hence Serpulorbis squamigerus is now correctly referred to as Thylacodes squamigerus (see [62]).