Turbellarians name details

Vortex bilineata Woodworth, 1896

486939 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:486939)

 unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Woodworth, W. M. (1896). Report on the Turbellaria collected by the Michigan State Fish commission during the summers of 1893 and 1894. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 29(6): 239–243.
page(s): 242 [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in Michigan  
type locality contained in Michigan [details]
Tyler, S., Artois, T.; Schilling, S.; Hooge, M.; Bush, L.F. (eds) (2006-2025). World List of turbellarian worms: Acoelomorpha, Catenulida, Rhabditophora. Vortex bilineata Woodworth, 1896. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/turbellarians/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=486939 on 2026-07-17
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original description Woodworth, W. M. (1896). Report on the Turbellaria collected by the Michigan State Fish commission during the summers of 1893 and 1894. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 29(6): 239–243.
page(s): 242 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Woodworth, W. M. (1896). Appendix IV. Preliminary report on collections of Turbellaria from Lake St. Clair and Charlevoix, Michigan. In: Ward, HB (Ed.). A biological examination of Lake Michigan in the Traverse Bay region. <em>Bulletin of the Michigan Fish Commission.</em> 6: 94-95.
page(s): 95; note: As Vortex sp. [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Graff, L. von. (1913). Turbellaria II. Rhabdocoelida. [Das Tierreich, Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen Heft 35/1913]. Berlin, Verlag von R. Friedländer und Sohn, Ausgegeben im Juni 1913., 484 pages. [reprinted 1966, Verlag Von J. Cramer W], available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/883047
page(s): 132 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Grammatical gender Epithet should be "bilineatus", as Vortex is masculine. Not adapted here, as the species is now under Dalyellia, and synonymous with Gieysztoria dodgei. [details]
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