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WoRMS name details

Spirorbis granulatus (Linnaeus, 1767)

AphiaID

157577 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157577)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (superseded recombination)

Accepted name

Bushiella (Jugaria) granulata (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Janua heterostropha (Montagu, 1803)

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Species

Parent

Spirorbis Daudin, 1800

Original name

Serpula granulata Linnaeus, 1767

Synonymised names

Serpula granulata Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)

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Subspecies Spirorbis granulatus tridentatus Levinsen, 1884 accepted as Spirorbis (Spirorbis) tridentatus Levinsen, 1884 (superseded original combination, rank change)

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Serpula granulata Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1266 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Greenlandic part of the Arctic Ocean

type locality contained in Greenlandic part of the Arctic Ocean [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Descriptive notes

Distribution Arctic species, occasionally found from Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras

Distribution Arctic species, occasionally found from Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Spirorbis granulatus (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157577 on 2025-12-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-05-23 07:30:30Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2010-04-27 22:48:13Z

checked

Read, Geoffrey

2014-02-01 11:45:30Z

changed

Rzhavsky, Alexander

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Nomenclature

original description (of Serpula granulata Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1266 [details]

basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]

Other

additional source Uschakov, P. V. (1957). [On the polychaete worms fauna (Polychaeta) of the Arctic and Antarctic]. K faune mnogoshchetinkovikh chervei (Polychaeta) Arkitki i Antarktiki. Zoologicheskii zhurnal. 36(11): 1659-1672.
page(s): 1669 [details] Available for editors