World Polychaeta Database - Pyrgopolon onyx (Morton, 1834) †

Polychaeta taxon details

Pyrgopolon onyx (Morton, 1834) †

AphiaID

382385 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382385)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pyrgopolon de Montfort, 1808

Original name

Hamulus onyx Morton, 1834 †

Synonymised names

Hamulus onyx Morton, 1834 † · unaccepted (superseded original combination)

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Hamulus onyx Morton, 1834 †) 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): 73-74, plate II fig. 8, plate XVI fig. 5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Pyrgopolon onyx (Morton, 1834) †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382385 on 2026-06-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-02-06 19:28:01Z

created

ten Hove, Harry

2024-09-10 19:01:01Z

changed

Gil, João

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original description (of Hamulus onyx Morton, 1834 †) 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): 73-74, plate II fig. 8, plate XVI fig. 5 [details]

additional source Villegas-Martín, Jorge; Rojas-Consuegra, Reinaldo; Klompmaker, Adiël A. (2016). Drill hole predation on tubes of serpulid polychaetes from the Upper Cretaceous of Cuba. <em>Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.</em> 455: 44-52., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.05.009
note: discusses predation on Pyrgopolon onyx [details] Available for editors

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new combination reference Jäger, Manfred. (1993). Danian Serpulidae and Spirorbidae from NE Belgium and SE Netherlands: K/T boundary extinction, survival, and origination patterns. <em>. Mededelingen Van De Werkgroep Voor Tertiaire En Kwartaire Geologie / Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology.</em> 29 (3-4): 73-137., available online at https://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/521598
page(s): 95; note: necessary new combination, consequence of the synonymy of Hamulus with Pyrgopolon [details] Available for editors

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Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Hamulus onyx Morton, 1834 †)