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Serpula
Classification
Phylum:
Annelida
Class:
Polychaetia
Order:
Sedentarida
Family:
Serpulidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Serpula LINNÉ, 1768
Type Species:
*Tubus vermicularis Ellis, 1755 ( $=$ T. vermicularis LINNÉ, 1768)
Images
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Fig. 100,3. *S. vermicularis (ELLIS), Rec., Fr.; X0.7 (6).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-N.Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Sil.
Beginning International Stage:
Rhuddanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
443.07
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Tube calcareous, tapering irregularly, coiled or contorted, lower end attached, remainder of tube more or less erect, surface bearing small concentric ridges, operculum horny
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Annelida
Class:
Polychaetia
Order:
Sedentarida
Family:
Serpulidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Serpula LINNÉ, 1768
Type Species:
*Tubus vermicularis Ellis, 1755 ( $=$ T. vermicularis LINNÉ, 1768)
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 100,3. *S. vermicularis (ELLIS), Rec., Fr.; X0.7 (6).
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-N.Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Sil.
Beginning International Stage:
Rhuddanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
443.07
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Tube calcareous, tapering irregularly, coiled or contorted, lower end attached, remainder of tube more or less erect, surface bearing small concentric ridges, operculum horny