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Serpula

Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Serpula Linnaeus p. 786
1923Serpula Clark and Arnold p. 175
1992Serpula Squires and Demetrion p. 25
1999Serpula Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 55
1999Serpula Wienrich p. 278
2002Serpula Sepkoski
2003Serpula Kiessling
2017Serpula Sanfilippo et al. p. 31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumAnnelidaLamarck 1809
RankNameAuthor
classPolychaetaGrube 1850
subclassSedentariaLamarck 1818
infraclassCanalipalpataRouse and Fauchald 1997
orderSabellidaFauchald 1977
familySerpulidaeRafinesque 1835
genusSerpula

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Serpula Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. †Serpula (Anellidia) de Gregorio 1930
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Serpula (Anellidia) veridica de Gregorio 1930
Serpula adnata Wade 1926
Serpula batequensis Squires and Demetrion 1992
Serpula calannai Sanfilippo et al. 2018
Serpula canalifera Münster 1841
Serpula careyi Wiedey 1928
Serpula carinula Münster 1841
Serpula conformis Goldfuss 1829
Serpula conica Hagenow 1840
Serpula constrictor Winckler 1861
Serpula distefanoi Sanfilippo et al. 2017
Serpula geranae Münster 1841
Serpula granulata Sowerby 1829
Serpula intestinalis Gmelin 1791
Serpula lineata Klipstein 1843
Serpula monilifera Münster 1841
Serpula octangula von Koenen 1897
Serpula octoforis Dall 1909
Serpula planorbites Geinitz 1843
Serpula prisca Sanfilippo et al. 2018
Serpula pygmaea Münster 1841
Serpula quadrangularis Roemer 1841
Serpula rectiformis Clark 1918
Serpula schubarthi von Schauroth 1854
Serpula stolleyi Böhm 1891
Serpula subtorquata Munster 1836
Serpula timorensis Krumbeck 1924
Serpula vertebralis Sowerby 1829
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Epibiont: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedc
Comments: Attached (attached to shells, wood), epifaunal, suspension-feeder (McKerrow, 1979).g
Created: 2004-10-20 01:13:04
Modified: 2009-04-13 13:16:38
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Homerian to the top of the Holocene or 430.50000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (884 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0USA (New York) S. sp. (12931)
Homerian - Gorstian430.5 - 425.6USA (New York) S. sp. (26867)
Emsian - Eifelian407.6 - 387.7Venezuela S. sp. (35895)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (Arizona) S. helicalis (6255)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) S. sp. (38295 38296 38298 38300 38302 38304)
Asbian - Brigantian340.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) S. indistincta (28383)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy S. calannai, S. distefanoi (179196) S. distefanoi (195800) S. prisca (195798) S. sp., S. veridica (233340)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) S. sp. (136220)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom S. schubarthi, S. planorbites (161470)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Poland Straparollus planorbites (137886 208520)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Antarctica S. narconensis (48425 48427 48433 48436)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy S. vermicularis (146292 176385) S. vermicularis, S. concharum (146291 146293)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Canada (Ontario) S. vermicularis (65892)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) S. vermicularis (75232)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Massachusetts) S. dianthus (61268)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Maldives S. sp. (189816 189817)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy S. sp. (49518)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland S. sp. (227027 227040)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Barbados S. lobiancoi (148711)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antarctica S. narconensis (215322)