WoRMS name details
Vermilia spirorbis Langerhans, 1884
338312 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:338312)
unaccepted (superseded original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Langerhans, P. (1884). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira, IV. <em>Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 40: 247-285, plates15-17., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45395378 [details] 
Type locality contained in Madeiran Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note Atlantic Ocean, Madeira
type locality contained in Madeiran Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Madeira [details]
Taxonomy synonymised with Vermiliopsis infundibulum (Philippi, 1844) by Hartman (1959: 608), following Marenzeller (1893: 40);...
Taxonomy synonymised with Vermiliopsis infundibulum (Philippi, 1844) by Hartman (1959: 608), following Marenzeller (1893: 40); however, Zibrowius (1973: 44) regarded this to be a full species belonging to the V. infundibulum complex. [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Vermilia spirorbis Langerhans, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=338312 on 2025-11-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Langerhans, P. (1884). Die Wurmfauna von Madeira, IV. <em>Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie.</em> 40: 247-285, plates15-17., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45395378 [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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Other
additional source
Bush, Katharine Jeannette. (1907). Notes on the relation of the two genera of tubicolous annelids, <i>Vermilia</i> Lamarck, 1818 and <i>Pomatoceros</i> Philippi, 1844. <em>The American Journal of Science.</em> Series 4. 23(133): 52-58., available online at https://ajsonline.org/article/127320 [details] 
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy synonymised with Vermiliopsis infundibulum (Philippi, 1844) by Hartman (1959: 608), following Marenzeller (1893: 40); however, Zibrowius (1973: 44) regarded this to be a full species belonging to the V. infundibulum complex. [details]Unreviewed
Type locality Atlantic Ocean, Madeira [details]