World Polychaeta Database - Pyrgopolon crassum (J. Sowerby, 1813) †

Polychaeta taxon details

Pyrgopolon crassum (J. Sowerby, 1813) †

AphiaID

431812 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:431812)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pyrgopolon de Montfort, 1808

Original name

Serpula crassa J. Sowerby, 1813 †

Synonymised names

Sclerostyla crassa (J. Sowerby, 1813) † · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded subsequent combination)

Serpula (Sclerostyla) crassa J. Sowerby, 1813 † · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded subsequent combination...)

superseded subsequent combination with subgeneric assignement

Serpula crassa J. Sowerby, 1813 † · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded original combination)

Vermilia crassa (J. Sowerby, 1813) † · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded subsequent combination)

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. Pyrgopolon crassum (J. Sowerby, 1813) †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431812 on 2026-06-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-11-24 09:27:31Z

created

ten Hove, Harry

2024-08-29 18:30:47Z

changed

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]

From editor or global species database

Holotype BMNH Palaeont A 6722 [details]

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