WoRMS name details
original description
Gee, J. M. 1964. The british Spirorbinae (Polychaeta: Serpulidae) with a description of Spirorbis cuneatus sp.n. and a review of the genus Spirorbis. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 143(3): 405-441. [details]
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Since "variety" published after 1960 is deemed to be infrasubspecific, the trinomen here is brought back to the binomen where it belongs [details]
Taxonomy 15.2. Names published after 1960 with the term "variety" or "form" excluded. A new name published after 1960 expressly as the name of a "variety" or "form" is deemed to be infrasubspecific and as such is not regulated by the Code [Art. 1.1.1] and is excluded from its provisions [Arts. 1.3.4, 45.6.3].
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted-sites/iczn/code/ [details]From other sources
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, British Isles [details]
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