World Polychaeta Database - Serpula crassa J. Sowerby, 1813 †

Polychaeta name details

Serpula crassa J. Sowerby, 1813 †

AphiaID

1767904 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1767904)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded original combination)

Accepted name

Pyrgopolon crassum (J. Sowerby, 1813) †

Rank

Species

Parent

Serpula Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Serpula crassa J. Sowerby, 1813 †

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Sowerby, J. (1812-1815). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth [Vol. I]. London, privately published, pp. i-vii, 9-234 + index [2 pp.], pls 1-102 [pp. i-vii, 9-32, pls 4-9 (1812); pp. 33-96, pls 10-44 (1813); pp. 97-178, pls 45-78** (1814); pp. 179-234, Index, pls 79-102 (1815)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/14408
page(s): 73-74, plate 30 [3 figs.]; note: publication date according to Sykes (1906) [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Serpula crassa J. Sowerby, 1813 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1767904 on 2026-09-06

Taxonomic edit history

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Sources (2)

original description Sowerby, J. (1812-1815). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the earth [Vol. I]. London, privately published, pp. i-vii, 9-234 + index [2 pp.], pls 1-102 [pp. i-vii, 9-32, pls 4-9 (1812); pp. 33-96, pls 10-44 (1813); pp. 97-178, pls 45-78** (1814); pp. 179-234, Index, pls 79-102 (1815)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/14408
page(s): 73-74, plate 30 [3 figs.]; note: publication date according to Sykes (1906) [details]

additional source Wrigley, Arthur. (1951). Some Eocene serpulids. <em>Proceedings of the Geological Association, London.</em> 62: 177-202., available online at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0016787851800208
page(s): 190, fig. 52 [details] Available for editors

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