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Spirorbis
Sign in to saveSpirorbis is a genus of very small () polychaete worms, usually with a white coiled shell. Members of the genus live in the lower littoral and sublittoral zones of rocky shores. Spirorbis worms usually live attached to seaweeds, but some species live directly on rocks, shells or other hard substrates. Spirorbis was once thought to have a fossil record extending back into the Early Paleozoic, but now all pre-Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) spirorbins are known to be microconchids. The earliest members of genus appeared in the Miocene, but Oligocene finds may also be possible. The genus contains the
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Vinony's link graph records 71 inbound references to Spirorbis, and connects out to Spirorbis spirorbis, Animalia and Carl Linnaeus.
It sits within the topics Extant Miocene first appearances, Paleozoic life of Alberta and Paleozoic life of Ontario.
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Species
spiral tubeworms
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumAnnelida
- ClassPolychaeta
- OrderSabellida
- FamilySerpulidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,158
- With media
- 573
- Family
- Serpulidae
- Collections
- YPM, LACM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, PRI, UWBM, NMMNHS
- Recorded in
- United States, Sweden
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Image
- Spirorbis spirorbis Scotland.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Spirorbis
- Commons category
- Spirorbis
- taxon name
- Spirorbis
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon author citation
- Daudin, 1800
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