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Spirobranchus

Sabellida - Serpulidae

Taxonomy
Spirobranchus was named by Blainville (1818). It is extant.

It was assigned to Serpulidae by Rosso and Sanfilippo (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Spirobranchus Blainville
1844Pomatoceras Philippi
1913Pomatoleios Pixell
2003Pomatoceras Kiessling
2005Spirobranchus Rosso and Sanfilippo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumAnnelidaLamarck 1809
RankNameAuthor
PleistoannelidaStruck 2011
subclassSedentariaLamarck 1818
infraclassCanalipalpataRouse and Fauchald 1997
orderSabellidaFauchald 1977
familySerpulidaeRafinesque 1835
genusSpirobranchusBlainville 1818

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.

G. Spirobranchus Blainville 1818
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Invalid names: Pomatoceras Philippi 1844 [synonym], Pomatoleios Pixell 1913 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Epibiont: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Created: 2009-04-13 11:13:48
Modified: 2010-02-16 04:14:48
Source: f = family
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Holocene or 23.04000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45New Zealand Pomatoceras sp. (146338)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Poland Pomatoceras sp. (70539)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy S. polytrema (146291)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) S. sp. (85085 85086 85088 85090 85091 85095 85098)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) S. sp. (85087)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) S. giganteus (84621)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Barbados S. giganteus (148711)