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Pentaserpula

Sabellida - Serpulidae

Taxonomy
Pentaserpula was named by Parsch (1956) [Pentaserpula was created by Parsch as a subgenus in order to differentiate between fossil serpulids. It is in fact a parataxonomic unit]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Serpulidae by Kiessling (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Pentaserpula Parsch pp. 228-229
2003Pentaserpula Kiessling

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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
genusPentaserpula

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. Pentaserpula Parsch 1956
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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 Bathonian to the top of the Kimmeridgian or 168.20000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India (Gujarat) P. sp. (93561)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France P. sp. (8654 8655)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (5936)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Spain P. sp. (68306)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (1570)