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Spirorbis permianus

Polychaeta - Sabellida - Serpulidae

Taxonomy
Spirorbis permianus was named by King (1850). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Byers Quarry, Marsden, Durham, which is in a Wuchiapingian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Ford Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was synonymized subjectively with Serpula planorbites by Geinitz (1861).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. carbonarius, S. elegans, S. leptostoma, S. moreyi, S. spirorbis, S. verruca

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Spirorbis permianus King p. 55 figs. Pl 6, figs 9,9a
1899Spirorbis permianus Langenhan p. 51 figs. Pl 4, figs 53a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumAnnelidaLamarck 1809
RankNameAuthor
classPolychaetaGrube 1850
subclassSedentariaLamarck 1818
infraclassCanalipalpataRouse and Fauchald 1997
orderSabellidaFauchald 1977
familySerpulidaeRafinesque 1835
genusSpirorbisDaudin 1800
speciespermianus

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.

†Spirorbis permianus King 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available