Interesting Facts
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Description
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Family Vermetidae
Shell permanently cemented to a hard substratum (usually rock), coiled loosely or irregularly and generally twisted, resembling the calcareous tube of a serpulid polychaete more then a snail shell
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 324 meters (0 to 1,063 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
()
- Cox, 1960
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Infraorder:
Littorinimorpha
()
- Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
- Superfamily:
Vermetoidea
()
- C.S. Rafinesque, 1815
- Family:
Vermetidae
()
- C.S. Rafinesque, 1815
- Worm Snails
- Genus:
Serpulorbis
()
- Sassi, 1827
- Specific name:
imbricatus
- (Dunker, 1860)
- Scientific name: - Serpulorbis imbricatus (Dunker, 1860)
- Specific name:
imbricatus
- (Dunker, 1860)
- Genus:
Serpulorbis
(
- Family:
Vermetidae
(
- Superfamily:
Vermetoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Littorinimorpha
(
- Suborder:
Hypsogastropoda
(
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
(
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Serpulorbis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. decussatus (Decussate Wormsnail) · S. riisei (Bluedotted Damsel) · S. squamiger (Scaled Wormsnail)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 613, p. 633.
- Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1971- url p. 18.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 07, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database [Darwin Core]
- Gyeryonsan Natural History Museum, Gyeryonsan Natural History Museum Shellfish
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Natural Geography In Shore Areas
- Dataset
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1925422
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13828369
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 862179
Footnotes
- Mean = 58.000 meters (190.289 feet), Standard Deviation = 152.880 based on 5 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
