World Polychaeta Database - Serpula laeve (Montagu, 1803)

WoRMS name details

Serpula laeve (Montagu, 1803)

AphiaID

445258 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:445258)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Lagena laevis (Montagu, 1803) accepted as Reussoolina laevis (Montagu, 1803)

Rank

Species

Parent

Serpula Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Vermiculum laeve Montagu, 1803

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 524 [details]

(of Vermiculum laeve Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694 [details]

Descriptive notes

Status not serpulid but belongs to the Foraminifera, assigned to Lagena laevis by e.g. Brown (1827)

Status not serpulid but belongs to the Foraminifera, assigned to Lagena laevis by e.g. Brown (1827) [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Serpula laeve (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=445258 on 2025-06-26

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-12-17 19:50:25Z

created

ten Hove, Harry

2010-01-19 14:35:09Z

changed

ten Hove, Harry

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (5)
Notes (1)

Nomenclature

original description Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 524 [details]

original description (of Vermiculum laeve Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp.; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694 [details]

basis of record Pennant, Thomas. (1812). British Zoology. A new edition in four volumes. vol IV. Class V. Crustacea. Class VI. Vermes. Wilkie & Robinson. London. xvi+379 pp. 95 pls., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34933712
page(s): 364 [details]

Taxonomy

status source ten Hove, H. A.; Smith, R. S. (1990). A redescription of Ditrupa gracillima Grube, 1878 (Polychaeta, Serpulidae) from the Indo-Pacific, with a discussion of the genus. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 42(1): 101-118., available online at https://australianmuseum.net.au/journal/Hove-and-Smith-1990-Rec-Aust-Mus-421-101118
page(s): 114 [details]

Other

additional source Turton, W. (1819). <i>A conchological dictionary of the British Islands</i>. J. Booth, London, xxvii + 272 pp., 28 pls. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/29692
page(s): 157 [details]

From editor or global species database

Status not serpulid but belongs to the Foraminifera, assigned to Lagena laevis by e.g. Brown (1827) [details]