WoRMS taxon details
Spirorbis (Spirorbis) spirorbis (Linnaeus, 1758)
334842 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:334842)
accepted
Species
Laeospira borealis (Daudin, 1800) · unaccepted (superseded combination of...)
superseded combination of unnecessary new name for what would have been Spirorbis spirorbis
Serpula spiriorbis [auct. misspelling] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (subsequent misspelling of...)
subsequent misspelling of superseded original combination
Serpula spirorbis Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Spirillum spirorbis (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (superseded recombination)
Spirorbis borealis Daudin, 1800 · unaccepted (objective junior synonym,...)
objective junior synonym, unnecessary replacement name
Spirorbis linnei Malm, 1874 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Spirorbis nautiloides Lamarck, 1801 · unaccepted (objective junior synonym,...)
objective junior synonym, unnecessary replacement name
Spirorbis spirorbis (Linnaeus, 1758) · alternative representation
Spirorbis tubaeformis Bush, 1905 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Spirorbis borealis Daudin, 1800) Daudin, François Marie. (1800). Receuil de mémoires et de notes sur des espèces inédites ou peu connues de Mollusques, de vers et de zoophytes. xviii & 19-50. Fuchs & Treuttel et Wurtz. Paris., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96153
page(s): 38 [details]
(of Serpula spirorbis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 787 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 38 [details]
(of Serpula spirorbis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 787 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in European waters (ERMS scope), France
type locality contained in European waters (ERMS scope) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in France [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
type locality contained in France [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Spirorbis (Spirorbis) spirorbis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=334842 on 2025-05-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Spirorbis borealis Daudin, 1800) Daudin, François Marie. (1800). Receuil de mémoires et de notes sur des espèces inédites ou peu connues de Mollusques, de vers et de zoophytes. xviii & 19-50. Fuchs & Treuttel et Wurtz. Paris., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96153
page(s): 38 [details]
original description (of Serpula spirorbis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 787 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Spirorbis nautiloides Lamarck, 1801) Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 326; note: There is no description but 'nautiloides' appears to be a new name for Serpula spirorbis included in O.F. Müller, 1789. [details]
original description (of Spirorbis linnei Malm, 1874) Malm, A. W. (1874). Annulata i hafvet utmed Sveriges westkust och omkring Göteborg. Göteborgs Königlich vetenskaps - och vitterhetssamhälles handlingar. [Zoologiska observationer. VII.]. <em>Göteborgs Königlich vetenskaps - och vitterhetssamhälles handlingar.</em> 14: 67-105, Pl. i. [details]
original description (of Spirorbis tubaeformis Bush, 1905) Bush, K.J. (1904 (1905)). Tubicolous annelids of the tribes Sabellides and Serpulides from the Pacific Ocean. <em>Harriman Alaska Expedition.</em> 12: 169-346, plates XXI-XLIV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22063650 [details]
page(s): 38 [details]
original description (of Serpula spirorbis Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 787 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Spirorbis nautiloides Lamarck, 1801) Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 326; note: There is no description but 'nautiloides' appears to be a new name for Serpula spirorbis included in O.F. Müller, 1789. [details]
original description (of Spirorbis linnei Malm, 1874) Malm, A. W. (1874). Annulata i hafvet utmed Sveriges westkust och omkring Göteborg. Göteborgs Königlich vetenskaps - och vitterhetssamhälles handlingar. [Zoologiska observationer. VII.]. <em>Göteborgs Königlich vetenskaps - och vitterhetssamhälles handlingar.</em> 14: 67-105, Pl. i. [details]
original description (of Spirorbis tubaeformis Bush, 1905) Bush, K.J. (1904 (1905)). Tubicolous annelids of the tribes Sabellides and Serpulides from the Pacific Ocean. <em>Harriman Alaska Expedition.</em> 12: 169-346, plates XXI-XLIV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22063650 [details]
Other
additional source
Jirkov, I.A. (2001). [Polychaeta of the Arctic Ocean] (In Russian) Polikhety severnogo Ledovitogo Okeana. Yanus-K Press, Moscow, 632 pp., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259865957_Jirkov_2001_Polychaeta_of_the_North_Polar_Basin [details] Available for editors [request]
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | spiraalkokerworm [from synonym] | [details] |
| English | sinistral spiral tubeworm [from synonym] | [details] |
| French | spirorbe boréal | [details] |
| German | Posthörnchenwurm [from synonym] | [details] |
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Spirorbis spirorbis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (153 publications) (from synonym Spirorbis borealis Daudin, 1800)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Spirorbis spirorbis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spirorbis spirorbis) (from synonym Spirorbis spirorbis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Spirorbis spirorbis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 16382 Specimen-1) (from synonym Spirorbis borealis Daudin, 1800)
To PESI (from synonym Spirorbis borealis Daudin, 1800)
To PESI (from synonym Spirorbis spirorbis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (6 records) (from synonym Spirorbis borealis Daudin, 1800)
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Spirorbis spirorbis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (153 publications) (from synonym Spirorbis borealis Daudin, 1800)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Spirorbis spirorbis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Spirorbis spirorbis) (from synonym Spirorbis spirorbis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Spirorbis spirorbis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (USNM 16382 Specimen-1) (from synonym Spirorbis borealis Daudin, 1800)
To PESI (from synonym Spirorbis borealis Daudin, 1800)
To PESI (from synonym Spirorbis spirorbis (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Annelida Collection (6 records) (from synonym Spirorbis borealis Daudin, 1800)
