Marine Species Traits - Glomerula plexus (J. de C. Sowerby, 1829) †

Polychaeta taxon details

Glomerula plexus (J. de C. Sowerby, 1829) †

AphiaID

1767928 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1767928)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Glomerula Nielsen, 1931

Original name

Serpula plexus J. de C. Sowerby, 1829 †

Synonymised names

Sarcinella plexus (J. de C. Sowerby, 1829) † · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded subsequent combination)

Serpula plexus J. de C. Sowerby, 1829 † · unaccepted > superseded combination (superseded original combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Serpula plexus 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): 201, plate DXCVIII fig. 1; note: publication date according to Sykes (1906) [details]

Taxonomic citation

Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Glomerula plexus (J. de C. Sowerby, 1829) †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/polychaeta/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1767928 on 2025-06-03

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2024-08-29 18:30:47Z

created

Gil, João

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Sources (2)
Attributes (5)

original description (of Serpula plexus 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): 201, plate DXCVIII fig. 1; note: publication date according to Sykes (1906) [details]

new combination reference Jager, M. 1983. Serpulidae (Polychaeta sedentaria) aus der norddeutschen hoheren Oberkreide-Systematik, Stratigraphie, Okologie. Geologisches.Jb., Ser. A, 68: 3-220.
page(s): 31-33, plate 3 figs. 1-3; note: recombined from Serpula [details]

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