Serpula prisca Sanfilippo et al. 2018 (worm)

Sedentaria - Sabellida - Serpulidae

Full reference: R. Sanfilippo, A. Rosso, A. Reitano, A. Viola, and G. Insacco. 2018. New serpulid polychaetes from the Permian of western Sicily. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 63:579-584

Belongs to Serpula according to R. Sanfilippo et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Serpula (Anellidia), Serpula adnata, Serpula batequensis, Serpula calannai, Serpula canalifera, Serpula careyi, Serpula carinula, Serpula conformis, Serpula conica, Serpula constrictor, Serpula distefanoi, Serpula geranae, Serpula granulata, Serpula intestinalis, Serpula lineata, Serpula monilifera, Serpula octangula, Serpula octoforis, Serpula pervermiformis, Serpula planorbites, Serpula pygmaea, Serpula quadrangularis, Serpula rectiformis, Serpula schubarthi, Serpula stolleyi, Serpula subtorquata, Serpula timorensis, Serpula vertebralis

Type specimen: PMC.S5.15.09.2017. Its type locality is Pietra di Salomone megablock, PMC collection, Sosio Valley, Sicily, which is in a Wordian platform/shelf-margin reef reef rocks/rudstone in Italy.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Pietra di Salomone megablock, PMC collection, Sosio Valley, Sicily

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