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Spirorbis

Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae

Taxonomy
Spirorbis was named by Daudin (1800) [Sepkoski's age data: O Trem R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Tubicola by Martin (1904); to Serpulimorpha by Sepkoski (2002); and to Serpulidae by Gall (1971), Wienrich (1999) and Kiessling (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1800Spirorbis Daudin
1904Spirorbis Martin p. 430
1971Spirorbis Gall
1999Spirorbis Wienrich p. 280
2002Spirorbis Sepkoski
2009Spirorbis Kiessling

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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
genusSpirorbisDaudin 1800

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. Spirorbis Daudin 1800
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†Spirorbis ambiguus Fleming 1825
†Spirorbis angulatus Hall 1862
†Spirorbis calvertensis Martin 1904
†Spirorbis cincinnatiensis Miller and Dyer 1878
†Spirorbis globosus M'Coy 1844
†Spirorbis helix King 1848
Spirorbis infundibulum Harris et al. 1964
†Spirorbis omphalotes Goldfuss 1836
†Spirorbis permianus King 1850
†Spirorbis pusillus Martin 1809
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: LIFE HISTORY: Data from Leighton (2005).g
Created: 2009-07-20 07:23:04
Modified: 2009-07-20 09:27:57
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Leighton 2005

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Holocene or 486.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 477.7 Ma

Collections (314 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7USA (New York) S. sp. (272)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Ohio) S. sp. (387 388 391)
Maysvillian - Ashgill450.2 - 443.7USA (Ohio) S. sp. (389 390)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Quebec) S. cincinnatiensis (173097)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Ontario) S. cincinnatiensis (173014)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (Indiana) S. sp. (511)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (Alaska) S. sp. (468)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Canada (Ontario) S. sp. (444 446)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) S. inornatus (184842)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.5 - 430.5USA (Indiana) S. sp. (26803) S. spp. (26807)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) S. sp. (13592 13597 13598)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Tennessee) S. sp. (26802)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (New York) S. sp. (472 541 13050)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Indiana) S. sp. (26787 26792 26794) S. spp. (26778)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0USA (Tennessee) S. sp. (26817)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Sweden (Gotland) S. sp. (13599)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Sweden (Gotland) S. sp. (13603)
Ludlow - Pridoli427.4 - 419.2Estonia S. sp. (13732)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0United Kingdom (England) S. lewisi (8311 8312 8314) S. sp. (8308)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Sweden (Gotland) S. lewisi (13616 13618) S. lewisi, S. sp. (13619)