World Polychaeta Database - Hamulus Morton, 1834 †

Polychaeta name details

Hamulus Morton, 1834 †

AphiaID

324472 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:324472)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (junior synonym)

Accepted name

Pyrgopolon de Montfort, 1808

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Hamulus onyx Morton, 1834 † accepted as Pyrgopolon onyx (Morton, 1834) † (type by monotypy)

Parent

Serpulidae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Hamulus Morton, 1834 †

Direct children (12)

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Subgenus Hamulus (Senarius) Regenhardt, 1961 †
1. Species Hamulus (Senarius) sexangularis (Münster in Goldfuss, 1831) †
Species Hamulus howelli Richards, 1947 †
Species Hamulus major Gabb, 1860 †
Species Hamulus maroccanus Collignon, 1972 †
Species Hamulus protoonyx Richards, 1947 †
Species Hamulus squamosus Gabb, 1859 †
Species Hamulus walkerensis Stephenson, 1923 †
Species Hamulus wenonahanus Howell, 1943 †
Species Hamulus angulatus Wade, 1921 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum, tube pieces only)
Species Hamulus lineatus Weller, 1907 † accepted as Longitubus lineatus (Weller, 1907) † (superseded original combination)
Species Hamulus onyx Morton, 1834 † accepted as Pyrgopolon onyx (Morton, 1834) † (superseded original combination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Morton, S. G. (1834). Synopsis of the organic remains of the Cretaceous Group of the United States. Philadelphia: Key & Biddle. 88 pp., 19 pls., + Appendix, 8 pp. [The Appendix is titled: Catalogue of the fossil shells of the Tertiary Formations of the United States, embracing all the species hitherto published.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39150465
page(s): 73 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Hamulus Morton, 1834 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=324472 on 2026-07-20

Taxonomic edit history

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2008-03-05 14:39:51Z

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Fauchald, Kristian

2008-03-26 11:36:43Z

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Fauchald, Kristian

2009-02-01 09:22:26Z

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ten Hove, Harry

2009-02-06 19:28:01Z

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ten Hove, Harry

2024-09-10 19:01:01Z

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Gil, João

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Sources (6)

original description Morton, S. G. (1834). Synopsis of the organic remains of the Cretaceous Group of the United States. Philadelphia: Key & Biddle. 88 pp., 19 pls., + Appendix, 8 pp. [The Appendix is titled: Catalogue of the fossil shells of the Tertiary Formations of the United States, embracing all the species hitherto published.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39150465
page(s): 73 [details]

additional source Gardner, Julia Anna. (1916). Systematic paleontology of the Upper Cretaceous deposits of Maryland. Vermes. Maryland Geological Survey. 6(2): 745-749, plate XLVII figs. 15-19., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19027475
page(s): 747 [details]

additional source Wade, Bruce. (1921). The fossil annelid genus Hamulus Morton, an operculate Serpula. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 59(2359): 41-46., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7562823
page(s): 41; note: describes one new species and the calcareous opercula from two species [details]

additional source Howell, Benjamin Franklin. (1943). Hamulus, "Falcula", and other Cretaceous Tubicola of New Jersey. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 95: 139-166, plates 19-20., available online at https://www.jstor.org/stable/4064345
page(s): 139-149 [details]

source of synonymy Jäger, Manfred. (1993). Danian Serpulidae and Spirorbidae from NE Belgium and SE Netherlands: K/T boundary extinction, survival, and origination patterns. . Mededelingen Van De Werkgroep Voor Tertiaire En Kwartaire Geologie / Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology. 29 (3-4): 73-137., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/521598
page(s): 95; note: included in Pyrgopolon, as a subgenus [details] Available for editors

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source of synonymy Jäger, M. 2004. Serpulidae und Spirorbidae (Polychaeta sedentaria) aus Campan und Maastricht von Norddeutschland, den Niederlanden, Belgien und angrenzenden Gebieten. Geol. Jb. A157: 121-249. [details]