WoRMS name details
original description
Knight-Jones, Phyllis. (1973). Spirorbinae (Serpulidae: Polychaeta) from southeastern Australia. Pt. 1. A new genus, four new subgenera and seven new species. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Ser. Zoology.</em> 24(4): 231-259., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/64438 page(s): 253; note: erected as a subgenus of Janua [details]
source of synonymy
Knight-Jones, Phyllis. (1984). A new species of Protoleodora (Spirorbidae: Polychaeta) from eastern U.S.S.R., with a brief revision of related genera. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, London.</em> 80(2-3): 109-120., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/80/2-3/109/2703213 [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Subgenus Pillaiospira Knight-Jones is named after G. Pillai who had created a subgenus (Neodexiospira) closely related to Dexiospira Caullery & Mesnil [details]
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