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Polychaeta name details

Proliserpula obtusa (J. de C. Sowerby, 1829) †

329907  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:329907)

 unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Serpula obtusa J. de C. Sowerby, 1829 †) Sowerby, J. De C. (1826-1835). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. Vol. VI. London, privately published, pp. 1-230 + index [231-235], pls 504-609. [pp. 1-86, pls 504-545 (1826); pp. 87-156, pls 546-580 (1827); pp. 157-200, pls 581-597 (1828); pp. 201-230, pls 598-609, index pp. 231-235 (1829); systematical index (1835)]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50339
page(s): 228, plate DCVIII, fig.8; note: fossil group on Inoceramus in Upper Chalk, Sayham, Norfolk [details]   
Type locality contained in England  
type locality contained in England [details]
Note British Isles, fossil from Norfolk chalk,...  
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Type locality British Isles, fossil from Norfolk chalk, originally placed in Serpula [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta Database. Proliserpula obtusa (J. de C. Sowerby, 1829) †. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=329907 on 2024-05-17
Date
action
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2008-03-17 10:44:16Z
created
2008-03-26 11:36:43Z
changed
2019-02-13 22:47:44Z
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original description  (of Serpula obtusa J. de C. Sowerby, 1829 †) Sowerby, J. De C. (1826-1835). The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or coloured figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. Vol. VI. London, privately published, pp. 1-230 + index [231-235], pls 504-609. [pp. 1-86, pls 504-545 (1826); pp. 87-156, pls 546-580 (1827); pp. 157-200, pls 581-597 (1828); pp. 201-230, pls 598-609, index pp. 231-235 (1829); systematical index (1835)]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50339
page(s): 228, plate DCVIII, fig.8; note: fossil group on Inoceramus in Upper Chalk, Sayham, Norfolk [details]   

basis of record Regenhardt, H. (1961). Serpulidae (Polychaeta Sedentaria) aus der Kreide Mitteleuropas, ihre ökologische, taxionomische und stratigraphische Bewertung. <em>Mitteilungen aus dem Geologischen Staatsinstitut in Hamburg.</em> 30: 5-115, plates 1-9.
page(s): 53; note: New combination as Proliserpula (Proliserpula) obtusa (Sowerby, 1829) [details]   

new combination reference Ware, S. (1975). British Lower Greensand Serpulidae. <em>Palaeontology.</em> 18(1): 93-116., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49759592
page(s): 108; note: In a text comment moved to Ware's Propomatoceros by S. Ware, 1975 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Editor's comment authority corrected Feb 2019. Authority was incorrectly recorded on WoRMS as Ware, 1975 instead of the much earlier Sowerby (1829). See Ware (1975: 108) for name history. [details]

Type locality British Isles, fossil from Norfolk chalk, originally placed in Serpula [details]