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Protula

Sabellida - Serpulidae

Taxonomy
Protula was named by Risso (1826) [Sepkoski's age data: K u R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Serpulidae by Wienrich (1999); and to Serpulimorpha by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
P. canavarii, P. tubularia, P. turbularia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Protula Risso
1999Protula Wienrich p. 280
2002Protula Sepkoski

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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
genusProtulaRisso 1826

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. Protula Risso 1826
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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 Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 125.77000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (Drôme) P. sp. (75576)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark P. gordialis (89866)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) P. vincentownensis (3113)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (42104)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) P. sp. (203164)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) P. sp. (10963)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04New Zealand (North Island) P. tubularia (204564 205949)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04New Zealand (South Island) P. sp. (173285)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45New Zealand P. turbularia (146338 146340)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India (Meghalaya) P. sp. (46493)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) P. canavarii (61895)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Poland P. sp. (70539)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria P. sp. (70886)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) P. playagrandensis (41555)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy P. sp. (146291)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico P. sp. (146275)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy P. sp. (49518)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) P. sp. (160361)