World Polychaeta Database - Serpula planorbis Linnaeus, 1758

Polychaeta name details

Serpula planorbis Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

446264 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:446264)

Classification

Status

uncertain > taxon inquirendum

Rank

Species

Parent

Serpula Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787
page(s): 786 [details] Available for editors

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Descriptive notes

Homonymy senior homonym of S. planorbis (Southward, 1963)

Homonymy senior homonym of S. planorbis (Southward, 1963) [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Serpula planorbis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446264 on 2026-04-13

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2010-01-05 20:27:59Z

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ten Hove, Harry

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=2787
page(s): 786 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Heppell, David 1963. Serpula Linnaeus, 1758 (Annelida, Polychaeta). Proposed designation of a type-species under the plenary powers and relevant proposals. Z.N.(S.) 1606. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 20(6): 443-446., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12221788
page(s): 443 [details]

From editor or global species database

Editor's comment not serpulid, but most probably a Foraminifera; however, name used for some Fossil taxa as well, see Mörch (1863: 455) [details]

Homonymy senior homonym of S. planorbis (Southward, 1963) [details]

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