World Polychaeta Database - Sclerostyla crassa (J. Sowerby, 1813) †

Polychaeta name details

Sclerostyla crassa (J. Sowerby, 1813) †

AphiaID

1767906 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1767906)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded subsequent combination)

Accepted name

Pyrgopolon crassum (J. Sowerby, 1813) †

Rank

Species

Parent

Sclerostyla Mörch, 1863 accepted as Pyrgopolon de Montfort, 1808

Original name

Serpula crassa J. Sowerby, 1813 †

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Serpula crassa J. Sowerby, 1813 †) 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. Sclerostyla crassa (J. Sowerby, 1813) †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1767906 on 2026-08-10

Taxonomic edit history

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2024-08-29 18:30:47Z

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Gil, João

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original description (of Serpula crassa J. Sowerby, 1813 †) 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]

new combination reference ten Hove, Harry A. (1973). Serpulinae (Polychaeta) from the Caribbean: II - The genus <i>Sclerostyla</i>. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 43: 1-21, plates I-IV., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506077
page(s): 20; note: recombined from Serpula [details] Available for editors

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