WoRMS name details
Serpula operculata Renier, 1804
331867 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331867)
uncertain > taxon inquirendum (unavailable name, indeterminable)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
[Renier, S. A.]. ([1804]). Prospetto della Classe dei Vermi Nominati e Ordinati secondo il Sistema di Bosc [Work No. 25 on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoological Nomenclature; see ICZN Opinion 316; Author and date cited in square brackets because not stated in the manuscript but inferred from external sources; Page proofs of introductory book text in folio sheets, never published]. xv-xxvi [Padua, Italy]. [details] 
Note Mediterranean Sea, Adriatic Sea
Type locality Mediterranean Sea, Adriatic Sea [details]
Homonymy Serpula operculata Bosc, 1802
Homonymy Serpula operculata Bosc, 1802 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2026). World Polychaeta Database. Serpula operculata Renier, 1804. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331867 on 2026-01-21
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Nomenclature
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Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628. [details] Available for editors 
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original description (unavailable nomenclaturally) [Renier, S. A.]. ([1804]). Prospetto della Classe dei Vermi Nominati e Ordinati secondo il Sistema di Bosc [Work No. 25 on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoological Nomenclature; see ICZN Opinion 316; Author and date cited in square brackets because not stated in the manuscript but inferred from external sources; Page proofs of introductory book text in folio sheets, never published]. xv-xxvi [Padua, Italy]. [details]
[request]original description (unavailable nomenclaturally) [Renier, S. A.]. ([1804]). Prospetto della Classe dei Vermi Nominati e Ordinati secondo il Sistema di Bosc [Work No. 25 on the Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Works in Zoological Nomenclature; see ICZN Opinion 316; Author and date cited in square brackets because not stated in the manuscript but inferred from external sources; Page proofs of introductory book text in folio sheets, never published]. xv-xxvi [Padua, Italy]. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Unpublished, so an unavailable name. Regarded to be indeterminable (name in list only) by Hartman. It is also unclear if Renier intended a new taxon or was copying the name from Bosc (1802). Otherwise Renier's name would be a junior homonym. [details]Homonymy Serpula operculata Bosc, 1802 [details]
Unreviewed
Type locality Mediterranean Sea, Adriatic Sea [details]
