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Serpula lumbricalis Linnaeus, 1758
331854 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331854)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Note Linnaeus in both the 10th and 12th editions of...
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Type locality Linnaeus in both the 10th and 12th editions of Systema Naturae gives "Habitat in Indiis" as the collection locality. Unfortunately "Indiis" in Linnaeus is generally regarded as almost meaningless as a type locality. It could be East or West Indies or simply a distant location. Anderson & Allmon (2023: 25) give the distribution as Gulf of Mexico up to North Carolina, so possibly Linnaeus was indicating the Caribbean as the location. [details]
Taxonomy Confused in the past with the type species of Vermetus (Gastropoda: Vermetidae).
Taxonomy Confused in the past with the type species of Vermetus (Gastropoda: Vermetidae). [details]
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 787 [details] Available for editors [request]
taxonomy source Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1266; note: Linnaeus refers to item U. 699, n. 431 which Anderson & Allmon (2023) place as a reference to the Linnaeus (1764) museum catalogue. He gives six prior authors mentioning this species as he did in the ...
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additional source Tryon, G. W. (1886). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>, ser. 1, vol. 8: Naticidae, Calyptraeidae, Turritellidae, Vermetidae, Caecidae, Eulimidae, Turbonillidae, Pyramidellidae. pp 1-461, pls 1-79. Philadelphia, published by the author. [pp. 1-64, pls 1-27, Jan. 23, 1886; pp. 65-128, pls 28-37, May 3, 1886; pp. 129-192, pls 38-58, Jul. 28, 1886; pp. 193-461, pls 59-79, Nov. 24, 1886]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63144
page(s): 241 [details]
additional source Keen M. (1961). A proposed reclassification of the gastropod family Vermetidae. <i>Bulletin of the British Museum, Natural History (Zoology)</i>, 7(3): 183-213, pls. 54-55. [February], available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27756384
page(s): 187,188 [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors [request]
source of synonymy Bieler, R. (1996). Mörch's worm-snail taxa (Caenogastropoda: Vermetidae, Siliquariidae, Turritellidae). <em>American Malacological Bulletin.</em> 13 (1): 23-35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45930835
page(s): 27 [details]
status source Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2011). Catalogue of Recent and fossil “worm-snail” taxa of the families Vermetidae, Siliquariidae, and Turritellidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2948: 1-103., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02948p103.pdf
page(s): 45, 70 [details]
subsequent type designation Anderson, B. M. & Allmon, W. D. (2023). Phylogeny and systematics of fossil and Recent <i>Vermicularia</i> (Caenogastropoda: Turritellidae). <em>Malacologia.</em> 66(1-2): 1-60., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.066.0101
page(s): 25; note: Neotype designated for Serpula lumbricalis [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 787 [details] Available for editors
[request] taxonomy source Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1266; note: Linnaeus refers to item U. 699, n. 431 which Anderson & Allmon (2023) place as a reference to the Linnaeus (1764) museum catalogue. He gives six prior authors mentioning this species as he did in the ...
Linnaeus refers to item U. 699, n. 431 which Anderson & Allmon (2023) place as a reference to the Linnaeus (1764) museum catalogue. He gives six prior authors mentioning this species as he did in the 1758 tenth edition, and states that "Habitat in Indiis" This could mean East or West Indies, or even anywhere not in Europe.
additional source Tryon, G. W. (1886). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>, ser. 1, vol. 8: Naticidae, Calyptraeidae, Turritellidae, Vermetidae, Caecidae, Eulimidae, Turbonillidae, Pyramidellidae. pp 1-461, pls 1-79. Philadelphia, published by the author. [pp. 1-64, pls 1-27, Jan. 23, 1886; pp. 65-128, pls 28-37, May 3, 1886; pp. 129-192, pls 38-58, Jul. 28, 1886; pp. 193-461, pls 59-79, Nov. 24, 1886]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63144
page(s): 241 [details]
additional source Keen M. (1961). A proposed reclassification of the gastropod family Vermetidae. <i>Bulletin of the British Museum, Natural History (Zoology)</i>, 7(3): 183-213, pls. 54-55. [February], available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27756384
page(s): 187,188 [details]
additional source Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors
[request] source of synonymy Bieler, R. (1996). Mörch's worm-snail taxa (Caenogastropoda: Vermetidae, Siliquariidae, Turritellidae). <em>American Malacological Bulletin.</em> 13 (1): 23-35., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45930835
page(s): 27 [details]
status source Bieler, R. & Petit, R. E. (2011). Catalogue of Recent and fossil “worm-snail” taxa of the families Vermetidae, Siliquariidae, and Turritellidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 2948: 1-103., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02948p103.pdf
page(s): 45, 70 [details]
subsequent type designation Anderson, B. M. & Allmon, W. D. (2023). Phylogeny and systematics of fossil and Recent <i>Vermicularia</i> (Caenogastropoda: Turritellidae). <em>Malacologia.</em> 66(1-2): 1-60., available online at https://doi.org/10.4002/040.066.0101
page(s): 25; note: Neotype designated for Serpula lumbricalis [details] Available for editors
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Classification Lamarck (1799: 78) made Serpula lumbricalis the type species (by monotypy) of his new mollusca genus Vermicularia. Thus for a very long time Serpula lumbricalis was known to be a mollusc and not an annelid. [details]Neotype Anderson & Allmon (2023: 25) have created a neotype for Serpula lumbricalis, currently known as Vermicularia lumbricalis, as the type species (by monotypy) of Vermicularia. They state "“In the 12th edition of the Systema Naturae (Linnaeus, 1767: 1266), Linnaeus added a reference to an additional specimen, now designated UUZM 802 (Wallin, 2001), which he had cataloged in the 1764 catalog (p. 699, no. 431). Because none of the original type material appears available, and this surviving specimen of Vermicularia lumbricalis is known to have been handled, classified as Vermicularia lumbricalis [i.e. Serpula lumbricalis when examined by Linnaeus], and provided as a reference for the species by Linnaeus (1767), we therefore select this specimen as the neotype of the species. “, They do not state the geographic location where this specimen was collected [details]
Taxonomy Confused in the past with the type species of Vermetus (Gastropoda: Vermetidae). [details]
Type locality Linnaeus in both the 10th and 12th editions of Systema Naturae gives "Habitat in Indiis" as the collection locality. Unfortunately "Indiis" in Linnaeus is generally regarded as almost meaningless as a type locality. It could be East or West Indies or simply a distant location. Anderson & Allmon (2023: 25) give the distribution as Gulf of Mexico up to North Carolina, so possibly Linnaeus was indicating the Caribbean as the location. [details]
