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Vermicularia lumbricalis

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Serpula lumbricalis was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Vermicularia.

It was recombined as Vermicularia lumbricalis by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Serpula lumbricalis Linnaeus
2010Vermicularia lumbricalis Landau and Marques da Silva p. 23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
subfamilyVermiculariinae(Dall 1913)
genusVermiculariaLamarck 1799
specieslumbricalis(Linnaeus 1758)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:15:58
Modified: 2018-02-27 07:57:42
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 168.20000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India (Kachchh) Serpula lumbricalis (24050)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Serpula lumbricalis (68642)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France Serpula lumbricalis (67975)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Serpula lumbricalis (23887)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Vermicularia lumbricalis (70078)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) Vermicularia lumbricalis (42339)