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Serpula polythalamia Linnaeus, 1767

331875  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331875)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Annelida (Phylum)
  4. Polychaeta (Class)
  5. Sedentaria (Subclass)
  6. Canalipalpata (Infraclass)
  7. Sabellida (Order)
  8. Serpulidae (Family)
  9. Serpulinae (Subfamily)
  10. Serpulini (Tribe)
  11. Serpula (Genus)
  12. Serpula polythalamia (Species)
 unaccepted (superseded original combination (not an annelid))
Species
Septaria arenaria Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1266 [details] OpenAccess publication
Note Indonesia  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Indonesia [details]
Status Not Annelida, but instead is a sediment-dwelling mollusc, living vertically in shells known as stovepipe shells when found...  
Status Not Annelida, but instead is a sediment-dwelling mollusc, living vertically in shells known as stovepipe shells when found beachcast. See Teredinidae (shipworms). Was known only from shell originally. [details]
WoRMS (2025). Serpula polythalamia Linnaeus, 1767. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331875 on 2025-05-02
Date
action
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2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
created
Fauchald, Kristian
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
Fauchald, Kristian
2010-01-05 20:27:59Z
changed
ten Hove, Harry
2017-04-17 21:36:11Z
changed
Read, Geoffrey

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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1266 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

additional source 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  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Status Not Annelida, but instead is a sediment-dwelling mollusc, living vertically in shells known as stovepipe shells when found beachcast. See Teredinidae (shipworms). Was known only from shell originally. [details]

Type locality Indonesia [details]
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 44 proteins) 
Wikipedia on Kuphus and Kuphus polythalamia 
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