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Protula

Polychaeta - 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

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
classPolychaetaGrube 1850
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
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-04-13 11:13:48
Modified: 2010-02-16 04:14:48
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 130.00000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (DrĂ´me) P. sp. (75576)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark P. gordialis (89866)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) P. vincentownensis (3113)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (42104)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Washington) P. sp. (203164)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) P. sp. (10963)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03New Zealand (South Island) P. sp. (173285)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03New Zealand (North Island) P. tubularia (204564 205949)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44New Zealand P. turbularia (146338 146340)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India (Meghalaya) P. sp. (46493)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland P. sp. (70539)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) P. canavarii (61895)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria P. sp. (70886)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) P. playagrandensis (41555)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy P. sp. (146291)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico P. sp. (146275)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) P. sp. (160361)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy P. sp. (49518)