WoRMS name details
Galeolaria decumbens Sowerby & Sowerby, 1820-25
328069 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:328069)
unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). <i>The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology</i>. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): 70 (righthand page) & mention of Figs1-3 [details]
page(s): 70 (righthand page) & mention of Figs1-3 [details]
Note Africa and Australia
Type locality Africa and Australia [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Galeolaria decumbens Sowerby & Sowerby, 1820-25. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=328069 on 2025-03-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Sowerby I, G. B. (1821-1834). <i>The genera of recent and fossil shells, for the use of students, in conchology and geology</i>. Published in 42 parts. Vol. 1, pls 1-126 [1821-1825]; vol. 2, pls 127-262 + text (unpaginated) [1825-1834]. London: G. B. Sowerby. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45486673
page(s): 70 (righthand page) & mention of Figs1-3 [details]
page(s): 70 (righthand page) & mention of Figs1-3 [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Deshayes, G. P.; Milne Edwards, H. (1836). <i>Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent, par J. B. P. A. de Lamarck</i>. Deuxième édition, Tome deuxième. Histoire des Polypes. J. B. Baillière: Paris. 683 pp. + errata (1 p. unpaginated). <em>In: J. B. P. A. Lamarck. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertebres. Paris.</em> , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64022
page(s): 637 [details]
source of synonymy Haswell, William A. (1885 [for year 1884]). The marine annelids of the order Serpulea. Some observations on the their anatomy, with the characteristics of the Australian species. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 9(3): 649-675, plates 31-35., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6602691 [details]
page(s): 637 [details]
source of synonymy Haswell, William A. (1885 [for year 1884]). The marine annelids of the order Serpulea. Some observations on the their anatomy, with the characteristics of the Australian species. <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.</em> 9(3): 649-675, plates 31-35., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6602691 [details]
Other
additional source
Baird, William. (1864). Description of several new species and varieties of Tubicolous Annelides = Tribe Limivora of Grube, in the collection of the British Museum. Part 1 [p.10-16, plate I figs. 2-4] Part 2 [p.16-22, plate II]. <em>The Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology.</em> 8(29): 10-22, plates I-II., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31601752 [details]
additional source Mörch, O. A. L. (1863). Revisio critica Serpulidarum. Et Bidrag til Rørormenes Naturhistorie. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift København.</em> Ser. 3, 1: 347-470, pl. 11 [also issued as a separate, 1–124, pl. 11]., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/naturhistoriskti01copeuoft [details]
additional source Mörch, O. A. L. (1863). Revisio critica Serpulidarum. Et Bidrag til Rørormenes Naturhistorie. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift København.</em> Ser. 3, 1: 347-470, pl. 11 [also issued as a separate, 1–124, pl. 11]., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/naturhistoriskti01copeuoft [details]
From editor or global species database
Editor's comment Sowerby & Sowerby's figures are unmistakably caespitosa. His (their) later attribution of material from the Cape (in Mörch 1863: 369-370) should most probably be attributed to Pomatoleios kraussii [details]Unreviewed
Type locality Africa and Australia [details]
