WoRMS taxon details
Metalaeospira Pillai, 1970
325118 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325118)
accepted
Genus
Spirorbis pixelli Harris, 1969 accepted as Metalaeospira pixelli (Harris, 1969) (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Pillai, T. Gottfried. (1970). Studies on a collection of Spirorbids from Ceylon, together with a critical review and revision of Spirorbid systematics, and an account of their phylogeny and zoogeography. <em>Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences).</em> 8(2): 100-172. [details] Available for editors
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Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Metalaeospira Pillai, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325118 on 2025-04-24
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Nomenclature
original description
Pillai, T. Gottfried. (1970). Studies on a collection of Spirorbids from Ceylon, together with a critical review and revision of Spirorbid systematics, and an account of their phylogeny and zoogeography. <em>Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences).</em> 8(2): 100-172. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]

basis of record Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta. , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta [details]