WoRMS name details
Spirorbis reversus (Montagu, 1803)
448312 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:448312)
unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Serpula reversa Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp;; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 508 [details]
page(s): 508 [details]
Taxonomy Although Serpula reversa often has been attributed to the genus Spirorbis, Montagu clearly refers to a variable spiralised...
Taxonomy Although Serpula reversa often has been attributed to the genus Spirorbis, Montagu clearly refers to a variable spiralised tube, while Brown's figure (1844 pl.54 fig.52) shows a slightly irregular spiral, not typical for spirorbids. Johnston (1865: 271) mentions Eupomatus pectinatus as possible synonym, indicative of the attribution to Hydroides norvegicus by McIntosh (1923). [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2024). World Polychaeta Database. Spirorbis reversus (Montagu, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=448312 on 2024-04-18
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original description
(of Serpula reversa Montagu, 1803) Montagu, G. (1803). Testacea Britannica or natural history of British shells, marine, land, and fresh-water, including the most minute: Systematically arranged and embellished with figures. J. White, London, Vol. 1, xxxvii + 291 pp;; Vol. 2, pp. 293–606, pl. 1-16., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78694
page(s): 508 [details]
additional source Brown T. (1844). <i>Illustrations of the Recent Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with the description and localities of all the species, marine, land, and fresh water</i>. Ed. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co. <em>Drawn and Coloured from Nature. Second Edition, Greatly Enlarged.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10921172
page(s): 124 [details]
new combination reference Thorpe C. (1844). <i>British marine conchology; Being a descriptive catalogue, arranged according to the Lamarckian system, of the salt water shells of Great Britain</i>. London: Edward Lumley. l + 267 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11639230
page(s): 12 [details]
page(s): 508 [details]
additional source Brown T. (1844). <i>Illustrations of the Recent Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with the description and localities of all the species, marine, land, and fresh water</i>. Ed. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co. <em>Drawn and Coloured from Nature. Second Edition, Greatly Enlarged.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10921172
page(s): 124 [details]
new combination reference Thorpe C. (1844). <i>British marine conchology; Being a descriptive catalogue, arranged according to the Lamarckian system, of the salt water shells of Great Britain</i>. London: Edward Lumley. l + 267 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11639230
page(s): 12 [details]
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Indeterminable as original combination is indeterminable (no figures) [details]Taxonomy Although Serpula reversa often has been attributed to the genus Spirorbis, Montagu clearly refers to a variable spiralised tube, while Brown's figure (1844 pl.54 fig.52) shows a slightly irregular spiral, not typical for spirorbids. Johnston (1865: 271) mentions Eupomatus pectinatus as possible synonym, indicative of the attribution to Hydroides norvegicus by McIntosh (1923). [details]
