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Serpula maxima Sowerby, 1825 
AphiaID: 437146

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Canalipalpata (Subclass) > Sabellida (Order) > Serpulidae (Family) > Serpula (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (objective synonym)
Record
status
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Accepted name  Dendropoma maximum Sowerby, 1825
Rank Species
Parent Serpula Linnaeus, 1758
Sources  basis of record: Sowerby, G. B., I. 1825. A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville, arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system; together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species. London: E. J, available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=TXqqeuJUQygC
page(s): appendix [details]


source of synonymy: Keen M. (1961). A proposed reclassification of the gastropod family Vermetidae. Bulletin of the British Museum, Natural History (Zoology), 7(3): 183-213, pls. 54-55. [February]
page(s): 199 [details]


Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Note  Status: is vermetid Dendropoma (D.) maximum fide Keen (1961: 199) [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:437146
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2009-12-02 20:25:59Z  created  ten Hove, Harry
2009-12-03 10:20:10Z  changed  ten Hove, Harry
  
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  Citation: ten Hove, H. (2013). Serpula maxima Sowerby, 1825. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2013) World Polychaeta database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=437146 on 2013-06-20
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