WoRMS name details
Serpula ovalis Adams, 1800
431740 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:431740)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (foraminifer erroneously described in a polychaete genus)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Adams, J. (1800). Descriptions of some minute British shells. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 5(1): 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12897669
page(s): 4 [details]
page(s): 4 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Serpula ovalis Adams, 1800. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431740 on 2024-04-23
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original description
Adams, J. (1800). Descriptions of some minute British shells. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 5(1): 1-6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12897669
page(s): 4 [details]
page(s): 4 [details]
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Plate 1 figures 28-30 clearly show a foraminifera, not serpulid; mentioned as synonym of Vermiculum intortum Montagu, 1803 by Montagu (1803: 520) and by Fleming (1825: 233) [details]