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WoRMS taxon details

Tenagodus anguinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

AphiaID

367708 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:367708)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Tenagodus Guettard, 1770

Original name

Serpula anguina Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Anguinaria rubra Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted

Serpula anguina Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)

Serpula muricata Born, 1780 · unaccepted (unnecessary replacement name...)

unnecessary replacement name given to Serpula anguina instead of to a supposed new variant (fide Bieler, 1992)

Serpula volvox Dillwyn, 1817 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)

Tenagodes anguinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted

Tenagodus ruber (Schumacher, 1817) · unaccepted

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Serpula anguina Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 787-788 [details] Available for editors

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Type data

Type locality contained in Indonesia

type locality contained in Indonesia [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Tenagodus anguinus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367708 on 2026-05-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-09-25 08:32:33Z

created

Decock, Wim

2012-02-10 22:44:28Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Serpula anguina Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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original description (of Serpula muricata Born, 1780) Born, I. von. (1780). Testacea Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis, quæ jussu Mariæ Theresiæ Augustæ disposuit et descripsit. pp. i-xxxvi [= 1-36], 1-442, 1-18 pls. Vindobonæ [Vienna]: J. P. Kraus. , available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN574450726
page(s): 440 [details]

original description (of Serpula volvox Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 1079, 1080 [details]

original description (of Anguinaria rubra Schumacher, 1817) Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 262 [details]

Taxonomy

status source Bieler, R. (1992). Tenagodus or Siliquaria? Unravelling taxonomic confusion in marine "worm-snails" (Cerithioidea: Siliquariidae). The Nautilus. 106(1): 15-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8271249 [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Higo, S.; Callomon, P.; Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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