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Spiraserpula

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2326642	https://www.gbif.org/species/2326642
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	7227	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=7227

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Sabellida : Serpulidae : Spiraserpula

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Serpulimorpha : Spiraserpula

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Annelida	Lamarck 1809
class	Polychaeta	Grube 1850
order	Serpulimorpha
genus	Spiraserpula	Regenhardt 1961

Scientific Name

Spiraserpula Regenhardt, 1961

Name Published In

Mitt. miner.-geol. StInst. Hamb. 30

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Spiraserpula	genus	belongs to Serpulimorpha	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

125 - 122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Environment

marine,brackish (based on Serpulimorpha)

Motility

stationary, epibiont (based on Serpulimorpha)

Vision

limited (based on Polychaeta)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Serpulimorpha)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite, aragonite (based on Serpulimorpha)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Spiraserpula capeverdensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spiraserpula caribensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spiraserpula deltoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spiraserpula discifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spiraserpula ingoconvexa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spiraserpula iugoconvexa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spiraserpula karpatensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spiraserpula lineatuba species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spiraserpula massiliensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spiraserpula mikesia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spiraserpula minuta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spiraserpula nudicrista species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spiraserpula paraypsilon species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spiraserpula plaiae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spiraserpula singularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spiraserpula snellii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spiraserpula spiraserpula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spiraserpula sumbensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spiraserpula vasseuri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spiraserpula ypsilon species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spiraserpula zibrowii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Amphiserpula Uchida	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Sabellida : Serpulidae : *Amphiserpula*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
2002	Spiraserpula Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Hove, Harry A. ten.; Kupriyanova, Elena K. (2009). Taxonomy of Serpulidae (Annelida, Polychaeta): The state of affairs. Zootaxa. 2036: 1-126. - via World Register of Marine Species

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Pillai, T. Gottfried and Hove, Harry A. ten 1994. On recent species of Spiraserpula Regenhardt, 1961, a serpulid polychaete genus hitherto known only from Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London 60(1): 39-104. - via World Register of Marine Species

Mitt. miner.-geol. StInst. Hamb. 30 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkowski (2002) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 214-231. - via World Register of Marine Species

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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