WoRMS name details
Spirorbis retortus (Turton, 1802)
448311 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:448311)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Not documented
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Spirorbis retortus (Turton, 1802). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=448311 on 2024-03-29
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basis of record
Johnston, George 1846. An index to the British Annelides [sic]. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 1, 16 (supplement to vol 16): 433-462. Plate 2.
, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22069506
page(s): 451 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 451 [details] Available for editors [request]
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment although Serpula retorta was referred to Spirorbis retortus by Johnston (1846: 451), the description and remark "detached" by Turton (1819: 158), as well as the latter's "classification" of the taxon with some other foraminifera is rather indicative of a Foraminifera. [details]