African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

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Serpulorbis Sasso, 1827

Serpulorbis arenarius (Linnaeus, 1767)
Specimen from Tangiers, Morocco (actual size 73 mm).

AphiaID

138651 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138651)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior objective synonym

Accepted name

Thylacodes Guettard, 1770

Rank

Genus

Parent

Vermetidae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Serpulorbis Sasso, 1827

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Species Serpulorbis aureus Hughes, 1978 accepted as Thylacodes aureus (Hughes, 1978)
Species Serpulorbis inopertus (Leuckart, 1830) accepted as Thylacodes inopertus (Leuckart, 1830) (superseded combination incorrectly attributed to Rüppell & Leuckart)
Species Serpulorbis natalensis (Mörch, 1862) accepted as Thylacodes natalensis Mörch, 1862

Environment

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

Original description

Sasso, A. (1827). Saggio geologico sopra il Bacino terziario di Albenga. Giornale Ligustico di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, 1(5): 467–484 [spelling as "Sassi" is in error], available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9392003
page(s): 483 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Serpulorbis Sasso, 1827. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138651 on 2025-12-15

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Serpulorbis Sasso, 1827. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138651 on 2025-12-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-02-02 20:40:29Z

changed

ten Hove, Harry

2012-11-02 14:00:32Z

changed

Bieler, Rüdiger

2019-07-19 23:11:06Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2023-05-03 11:07:23Z

changed

Bieler, Rüdiger

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original description Sasso, A. (1827). Saggio geologico sopra il Bacino terziario di Albenga. Giornale Ligustico di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, 1(5): 467–484 [spelling as "Sassi" is in error], available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9392003
page(s): 483 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]

additional source Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2011). Catalogue of Recent and fossil “worm-snail” taxa of the families Vermetidae, Siliquariidae, and Turritellidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). Zootaxa. 2948: 1-103., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02948p103.pdf
page(s): 18 [details] Available for editors

source of synonymy Bieler, R.; Petit, R. E. (2010). Thylacodes—Thylacodus—Tulaxodus: Worm-snail name confusion and the status of Serpulorbis (Gastropoda: Vermetidae). Malacologia. 52 (1): 183-187.
page(s): 184 [details]