WoRMS name details
Sabella bispiralis Cuvier, 1830
337953 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:337953)
unaccepted (unjustified emendation)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Cuvier, G. (1830). Le règne animal distingué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The animal kingdom distinguished according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Paris: Déterville & Crochard.</em> Nouvelle édition 2, Vol. 3: 1-504, pls. 1-20., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33372853
page(s): 192 [details]
page(s): 192 [details]
Status Named in a footnote on Sabella in which Cuvier includes both sabellids and serpulids (1829/1830: 192). He refers to ...
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Status Named in a footnote on Sabella in which Cuvier includes both sabellids and serpulids (1829/1830: 192). He refers to "Sabelle bispiralis (Amphitrite volutacornis, Trans. Linn., VII", which is a reference to Montagu (1804). Also quoted by Morch (1863: 354) in a discussion on the status of the genus Protula Risso. Hartman (1959: 558) referred this name to Protula sp. in Serpulidae. However, Amphitrite volutacornis Montagu, 1804 belongs in the sabellid genus Bispira. Unless Cuvier's name was available prior to Montagu's it is difficult to see a relevance for "Sabelle bispiralis" as an available binomial under ICZN code. It appears to be a gratuitous new name. [details]
Taxonomy Moved to different genus
Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Sabella bispiralis Cuvier, 1830. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=337953 on 2025-04-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Cuvier, G. (1830). Le règne animal distingué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. [The animal kingdom distinguished according to its organization, to serve as a basis for the natural history of animals and as an introduction to comparative anatomy]. <em>Paris: Déterville & Crochard.</em> Nouvelle édition 2, Vol. 3: 1-504, pls. 1-20., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33372853
page(s): 192 [details]
page(s): 192 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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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additional source
Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1863). Revisio critica Serpulidarum. Et Bidrag til Rørormenes Naturhistorie. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift København.</em> Ser. 3, 1: 347-470, pl. 11 [also issued as a separate, 1–124, pl. 11]., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/naturhistoriskti01copeuoft [details]
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Publication date Date corrected to 1830, from 1829. 1830 is the BHL date. [details]Status Named in a footnote on Sabella in which Cuvier includes both sabellids and serpulids (1829/1830: 192). He refers to "Sabelle bispiralis (Amphitrite volutacornis, Trans. Linn., VII", which is a reference to Montagu (1804). Also quoted by Morch (1863: 354) in a discussion on the status of the genus Protula Risso. Hartman (1959: 558) referred this name to Protula sp. in Serpulidae. However, Amphitrite volutacornis Montagu, 1804 belongs in the sabellid genus Bispira. Unless Cuvier's name was available prior to Montagu's it is difficult to see a relevance for "Sabelle bispiralis" as an available binomial under ICZN code. It appears to be a gratuitous new name. [details]
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Taxonomy Moved to different genus [details]
