Pyrgopolon de Montfort, 1808 
AphiaID: 326010

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Annelida (Phylum) > Polychaeta (Class) > Sedentaria (Subclass) > Canalipalpata (Infraclass) > Sabellida (Order) > Serpulidae (Family) > Pyrgopolon (Genus)

Status		accepted
Rank		Genus
Typetaxon		Pyrgopolon mosae de Montfort, 1808 †
Parent		Serpulidae Rafinesque, 1815
Synonymised names		Hamulus Morton, 1834 † (junior synonym) Sclerostyla Mörch, 1863 (subjective synonym) Serpula (Sclerostyla) Mörch, 1863 (junior synonym)
Sources		original description Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571 [details] additional source Pillai, T.G. 2009. A revision of the genera Galeolaria and Pyrgopolon (Polychaeta: Serpulidae), with discussions on opercular insertion as a character in their taxonomy and relationships, and their zoogeography. Zootaxa 2060: 47–58. page(s): 53; note: taxonomic remarks, no figures [details] redescription Hove, Harry A. ten, & E.K. Kupriyanova, 2009. Taxonomy of Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta): The state of affairs. Zootaxa 2036, 126 pp., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/zt02036p126.pdf page(s): 86 [details] [full text] additional source (of Hamulus Morton, 1834 †) Wade, Bruce. (1921). The fossil annelid genus Hamulus Morton, an operculate Serpula. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 59(2359): 41-46., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7562823 page(s): 41; note: describes one new species and the calcareous opercula from two species [details] [full text] source of synonymy (of Hamulus Morton, 1834 †) Jäger, M. 2004. Serpulidae und Spirorbidae (Polychaeta sedentaria) aus Campan und Maastricht von Norddeutschland, den Niederlanden, Belgien und angrenzenden Gebieten. Geol. Jb. A157: 121-249. [details] original description (of Hamulus Morton, 1834 †) Morton, S.G. (1834) Synopsis of the Organic Remains of the Cretaceous Group of the United States. Key & Biddle, Philadelphia, 88 pp., 19 pls. [details] redescription (of Sclerostyla Mörch, 1863) Bush, K.J. (1905). Tubicolous annelids of the tribes Sabellides and Serpulides from the Pacific Ocean. Harriman Alaska Expedition. 12: 169-346, plates XXI-XLIV., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/item/71821#page/189/mode/1up page(s): 224 [details] redescription (of Sclerostyla Mörch, 1863) Hove, Harry A. ten 1973. Serpulinae (Polychaeta) from the Caribbean: II - the genus Sclerostyla. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands, 43: 1-21. [details] original description (of Sclerostyla Mörch, 1863) Mörch, O. A. L. (1863). Revisio critica Serpulidarum. Et Bidrag til Rørormenes Naturhistorie. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift. København, Ser. 3, 1: 347-470, pl. 11 [also issued as a separate, 1–124, pl. 11]., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/naturhistoriskti01copeuoft page(s): 386 [details] source of synonymy (of Sclerostyla Mörch, 1863) Jager, M. 1993. Danian Serpulidae and Spirorbidae from NE Belgium and SE Netherlands: K/T boundary extinction, survival, and origination patterns. Meded.Werkgr.Tertiaire.Kwart.Geol. 29(3-4): 73-137. page(s): 94 [details] [show all]
Direct child taxa (9) [show all] [sort alpha..]		Species Pyrgopolon crassum (Sowerby, 1812) † Species Pyrgopolon ctenactis (Mörch, 1863) Species Pyrgopolon cunialense Gatto & Radwanska, 2000 † Species Pyrgopolon differens (Augener, 1922) Species Pyrgopolon marechali Jaeger & Breton, 2002 † Species Pyrgopolon mosae de Montfort, 1808 † Species Pyrgopolon onyx Morton, 1834 † Species Pyrgopolon semiannulatum (ten Hove, 1973) Species Pyrgopolon tubula Gatto & Radwanska, 2000 †
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent + fossil
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:326010
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2008-03-14 12:50:56Z   created   Fauchald, Kristian 2008-03-26 11:36:43Z   changed   Fauchald, Kristian 2009-08-11 13:05:18Z   changed   ten Hove, Harry 2009-10-20 13:23:19Z   changed   ten Hove, Harry
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		Citation: ten Hove, H. (2009). Pyrgopolon de Montfort, 1808. In: Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2015) World Polychaeta database. Accessed at http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=326010 on 2016-09-30