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Serpula lineata ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8657876	https://www.gbif.org/species/8657876
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	270710	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=270710

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Sabellida : Serpulidae : Serpula : Serpula lineata

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Annelida : Polychaeta : Sabellida : Serpulidae : Serpula : Serpula lineata

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
subclass	Sedentaria	Lamarck 1818
infraclass	Canalipalpata	Rouse and Fauchald 1997
order	Sabellida	Fauchald 1977
family	Serpulidae	Rafinesque 1835
genus	Serpula	Linnaeus 1758
species	Serpula lineata	Klipstein 1843

Generic Name

Serpula

Scientific Name

Serpula lineata Klipstein, 1843

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Serpula lineata	species	belongs to Serpula	stated without evidence	Klipstein, 1843

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

stationary, attached, epibiont (based on Serpula)

Vision

limited (based on Polychaeta)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Serpula)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

A. Klipstein. 1843. Beschreibung neuer Versteinerungen von St. Cassian und einiger anderer Localitäten, Erster Abschnitt. Mollusken. Beiträge zur Geologischen Kenntniss der Östlichen Alpen

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1843	Serpula lineata Klipstein p. 207 figs. Pl 14, fig 29

References

Klipstein A. Beschreibung neuer Versteinerungen von St. Cassian und einiger anderer Localitäten, Erster Abschnitt. Mollusken, Beiträge zur Geologischen Kenntniss der Östlichen Alpen, 101-207

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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