Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae
Parent taxon: Serpulidae according to R. L. Squires 1988
See also Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1984 and Squires 1987
Sister taxa: Alpinotubus, Barbafera, Carpathiella, Ditrupa, Dorsoserpula, Filograna, Filogranites, Janua, Josephella, Laminatubus, Mercierella, Nogrobs, Parsimonia, Pentaserpula, Propomatoceros, Protis, Protula, Pseudovermilia, Pyrgopolon, Ruxingella, Semivermilia, Serpula, Spirobranchus, Spirorbis, Vitreotubus, Weixiserpula
Subtaxa: Rotularia (Rotularia) Rotularia dickhauti Rotularia spirulaeoides
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (1 collection), Spain (2), Turkey (1), United States (24: Alabama, California, Washington)
• Paleocene of Antarctica (1), Mexico (1), United States (21: Alabama, California, New Jersey, Texas)
• Motuan of New Zealand (2)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (16), Argentina (1), Cuba (1), Germany (2), New Zealand (70), Papua New Guinea (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Heterian of New Zealand (2)
• Temaikan of New Zealand (2)
• Jurassic of New Zealand (3)
Total: 152 collections including 167 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.