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Serpulimorpha

Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Serpulimorpha Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
RankNameAuthor
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumAnnelidaLamarck 1809
classPolychaetaGrube 1850
orderSerpulimorpha
orderSerpulimorpha

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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G. †Conora
G. Cycloserpula Parsch 1956
G. †Ditrupula
G. †Gitonia
G. †Hamulus
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Hamulus angulatus Wade 1920
Hamulus howelli Richards 1947
Hamulus onyx Morton 1834
Hamulus protoonyx Richards 1947
G. †Hicetes
G. †Iquitosia
G. †Paliurus
G. †Proterula
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Serpulites indicus Waagen and Pichl 1885
G. †Streptindytes Calvin 1888
G. †Tetraserpula Parsch 1956
G. †Torlessia
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Vermiliopsis negevensis Vinn and Wilson 2010
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Composition 2: aragoniteo
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryo
Epibiont: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-07 03:11:25
Modified: 2007-09-07 05:11:25
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Holocene or 486.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 477.7 Ma

Collections (469 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7USA (New York) Serpulites sp. (272)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7USA (Vermont) Serpulites sp. (277)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4USA (New York) Serpulites sp. (303)
Letna - Harnagian460.9 - 457.2Czech Republic Serpulites sp. (3861)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (New York) Serpulites sp. (340)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Ohio) Serpulites sp. (383 384 385 386)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Serpulites serratus, Serpulites isolatus (26295)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Ohio) Serpulites sp. (387 388 391)
Maysvillian - Ashgill450.2 - 443.7USA (Ohio) Serpulites sp. (389 390)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2Norway (Oslo-Asker) Serpulites sp. (366)
Rawtheyan - Hirnantian448.8 - 443.4Norway (Oslo-Asker Dist.) Serpulites sp. (365)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Norway (Oslo-Asker District) Serpulites sp. (364)
Raikkula440.8 - 438.8Estonia Chaetosalpinx sp. (172928)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (England) Serpulites perversus (49640)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Wisconsin) Serpulimorpha indet. (688)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0United Kingdom (Wales) Serpulites longissimus (74671 74805)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0United Kingdom (England) Serpulites longissimus (8296 8297 8298 8305 8307 8308 8309 8310 8311 8312 8313 8314 8315 8316 8320 8321 8322 8324 8325 23107)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Poland Serpulites sp. (13883)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (Maryland) Serpulimorpha indet. (490)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (New York) Serpulites sp. (491)