WoRMS name details
Serpula penis Linnaeus, 1758
331871 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:331871)
unaccepted ( superseded original combination, and Penicillidae (Mollusca), not Annelida)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Type locality contained in South East Asia
, Note SE Asia
type locality contained in South East Asia [details]
Type locality SE Asia [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Serpula penis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=331871 on 2025-04-05
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Nomenclature
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
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Hartman, Olga. (1959). Catalogue of the Polychaetous Annelids of the World. Parts 1 and 2. <em>Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Paper.</em> 23: 1-628.
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additional source Rumphius, G.E. (1705). D'Amboinsche Rariteitkamer, of eene beschryvinge van allerhannde Schaalvisschen; benevens de voornaamste Hoorntjes en Schulpen, als ook zommige,mineraalen, gesteenten; enz. D'Ambonische Rariteitkamer, behelzende eene beschryviinge van allerhande zoo weeke als harade Schaalvisschen, te weete raare krabben, kreeften,en dirgelyke Zeedieren, als mede aallerbande Hoorntjes en Schulpen, die men in d'Amboinsche Zee vindt: Daar benevens zommige Mineraaalen, Gesteenten, en soorten van Aarde,die in d'Amboinsche, en zommige omleggende Eilanden gevonden worden. Verdeelt in drie Boeken, En met nodige Printverbeeldingen, alle naar't leven getekent; voorzien. Beschreven door George Everhardus Rumphius. Jan Roman de Joonge, T'Amsterdam. 381 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43418947
page(s): plate 41, figure 7; note: Rumphius' figure of a watering pot shell is cited by Linnaeus as a source when he names Serpula penis [details] Available for editors [request]
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[request]additional source Rumphius, G.E. (1705). D'Amboinsche Rariteitkamer, of eene beschryvinge van allerhannde Schaalvisschen; benevens de voornaamste Hoorntjes en Schulpen, als ook zommige,mineraalen, gesteenten; enz. D'Ambonische Rariteitkamer, behelzende eene beschryviinge van allerhande zoo weeke als harade Schaalvisschen, te weete raare krabben, kreeften,en dirgelyke Zeedieren, als mede aallerbande Hoorntjes en Schulpen, die men in d'Amboinsche Zee vindt: Daar benevens zommige Mineraaalen, Gesteenten, en soorten van Aarde,die in d'Amboinsche, en zommige omleggende Eilanden gevonden worden. Verdeelt in drie Boeken, En met nodige Printverbeeldingen, alle naar't leven getekent; voorzien. Beschreven door George Everhardus Rumphius. Jan Roman de Joonge, T'Amsterdam. 381 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43418947
page(s): plate 41, figure 7; note: Rumphius' figure of a watering pot shell is cited by Linnaeus as a source when he names Serpula penis [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Editor's comment Serpula penis, Linnaeus' name for a watering-pot shell illustrated in Rumphius (1705 plate 41) is now known to be a mollusc, not an annelid, in the Family Penicillidae (was Clavagellidae?): Verpa penis (Linnaeus, 1758) [was Brechites penis] [details]Unreviewed
Type locality SE Asia [details]
