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WoRMS name detailsSerpula contortus Brown, 1827
430250 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:430250)
uncertain > nomen dubium (indeterminable and a junior homonym)
Species
marine,
recent only
Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868 [details]
Note Dunbar, Scotland, 56.003, -2.517. Author:...
From editor or global species database
Type locality Dunbar, Scotland, 56.003, -2.517. Author: "found at Dunbar by General Bingham, and in his Cabinet". [details]
Homonymy junior to Serpula contorta Grube, 1850, which is a synonym of Vermiliopsis infundibulum
Homonymy junior to Serpula contorta Grube, 1850, which is a synonym of Vermiliopsis infundibulum [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Serpula contortus Brown, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430250 on 2024-05-02
original description
Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. <em>W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London.</em> 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868 [details]
additional source Brown T. (1844). <i>Illustrations of the Recent Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with the description and localities of all the species, marine, land, and fresh water</i>. Ed. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co. <em>Drawn and Coloured from Nature. Second Edition, Greatly Enlarged.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10921172 page(s): 122, plate 55 fig 4; note: plate 55 is repeated from plate 2 of Brown 1827 [details] source of synonymy Johnston, George 1846. An index to the British Annelides [sic]. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 1, 16 (supplement to vol 16): 433-462. Plate 2. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22069506 page(s): 454; note: to Serpula triquetra [details] Available for editors  [request]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Described from a dried coiled tube, thus expected to be indeterminable. Previously referred in WoRMS to Hydroides norvegica but without a supporting reference [details]Grammatical gender gender agreement requires mandatory 'Serpula contorta' (a homonym), which Brown used in his 1844 second addition [details] Homonymy junior to Serpula contorta Grube, 1850, which is a synonym of Vermiliopsis infundibulum [details] Type locality Dunbar, Scotland, 56.003, -2.517. Author: "found at Dunbar by General Bingham, and in his Cabinet". [details] |
