WoRMS taxon details
Paralaeospira Caullery & Mesnil, 1897
129638 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:129638)
accepted
Genus
Spirorbis (Paralaeospira) aggregatus Caullery & Mesnil, 1897 accepted as Paralaeospira aggregata (Caullery & Mesnil, 1897) (type by subsequent designation)
Pixellia Pillai, 1970 · unaccepted
Spirorbis (Paralaeospira) Caullery & Mesnil, 1897 · unaccepted (superseded original rank as subgenus)
- Species Paralaeospira adeonella (Day, 1963)
- Species Paralaeospira aggregata (Caullery & Mesnil, 1897)
- Species Paralaeospira calypso (Zibrowius, 1970)
- Species Paralaeospira levinseni (Caullery & Mesnil, 1897)
- Species Paralaeospira malardi Caullery & Mesnil, 1897
- Species Paralaeospira monacantha (Augener, 1923)
- Species Paralaeospira parallela Vine, 1977
- Species Paralaeospira patagonica (Caullery & Mesnil, 1897)
- Species Paralaeospira pseudotenuis Rzhavsky, 1997
- Species Paralaeospira sicula Knight-Jones P. & Knight-Jones E.W., 1994
- Species Paralaeospira antarctica (Pixell, 1913) accepted as Metalaeospira pixelli (Harris, 1969) (superseded recombination)
- Species Paralaeospira capensis (Day, 1963) accepted as Protolaeospira (Protolaeospira) capensis (Day, 1961) (superseded recombination)
- Species Paralaeospira racemosa Pixell, 1912 accepted as Protolaeospira (Protolaeospira) eximia (Bush, 1905) (subjective synonym)
- Species Paralaeospira striata Quiévreux, 1963 accepted as Protolaeospira (Protolaeospira) striata (Quiévreux, 1963) (superseded original combination)
- Species Paralaeospira vitrea (Fabricius, 1780) accepted as Paradexiospira (Spirorbides) vitrea (Fabricius, 1780)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Caullery, Maurice; Mesnil, Felix. (1897). Études sur la morphologie comparée et la phylogénie des espèces chez les Spirorbes. <em>Bulletin scientifique de la France et de la Belgique.</em> 30: 185-233, plates 7-10., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10721821 [details] 
(of Spirorbis (Paralaeospira) Caullery & Mesnil, 1897) Caullery, Maurice; Mesnil, Felix. (1897). Études sur la morphologie comparée et la phylogénie des espèces chez les Spirorbes. <em>Bulletin scientifique de la France et de la Belgique.</em> 30: 185-233, plates 7-10., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10721821
page(s): 202 [details]
(of Spirorbis (Paralaeospira) Caullery & Mesnil, 1897) Caullery, Maurice; Mesnil, Felix. (1897). Études sur la morphologie comparée et la phylogénie des espèces chez les Spirorbes. <em>Bulletin scientifique de la France et de la Belgique.</em> 30: 185-233, plates 7-10., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10721821
page(s): 202 [details]
Taxonomy This Genus is placed under Serpulidae in RAMS
Taxonomy This Genus is placed under Serpulidae in RAMS [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Paralaeospira Caullery & Mesnil, 1897. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=129638 on 2025-06-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Caullery, Maurice; Mesnil, Felix. (1897). Études sur la morphologie comparée et la phylogénie des espèces chez les Spirorbes. <em>Bulletin scientifique de la France et de la Belgique.</em> 30: 185-233, plates 7-10., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10721821 [details]
original description (of Spirorbis (Paralaeospira) Caullery & Mesnil, 1897) Caullery, Maurice; Mesnil, Felix. (1897). Études sur la morphologie comparée et la phylogénie des espèces chez les Spirorbes. <em>Bulletin scientifique de la France et de la Belgique.</em> 30: 185-233, plates 7-10., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10721821
page(s): 202 [details]
original description (of Spirorbis (Paralaeospira) Caullery & Mesnil, 1897) Caullery, Maurice; Mesnil, Felix. (1897). Études sur la morphologie comparée et la phylogénie des espèces chez les Spirorbes. <em>Bulletin scientifique de la France et de la Belgique.</em> 30: 185-233, plates 7-10., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10721821
page(s): 202 [details]
Other
additional source
Fauchald, K. (1977). The polychaete worms, definitions and keys to the orders, families and genera. <em>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA), Science Series.</em> 28:1-188., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/123110.pdf [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bellan, G. (2001). Polychaeta, <i>in</i>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 214-231. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Taxonomy This Genus is placed under Serpulidae in RAMS [details]
