WoRMS taxon details
Protolaeospira (Protolaeospira) tricostalis (Lamarck, 1818)
608054 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:608054)
accepted
Species
Paralaeospira lebruni Caullery & Mesnil, 1897 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Protolaeospira (Protolaeospira) canina Knight-Jones, 1973 · unaccepted (subjective synonym)
Protolaeospira lebruni (Caullery & Mesnil, 1897) · unaccepted (superseded subsequent combination)
Spirorbis tricostalis Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted (superseded original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Spirorbis tricostalis Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 360, ; note: brief Latin diagnosis without figures [details]
page(s): 360, ; note: brief Latin diagnosis without figures [details]
Type locality contained in King George Sound
type locality contained in King George Sound [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2025). World Polychaeta Database. Protolaeospira (Protolaeospira) tricostalis (Lamarck, 1818). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=608054 on 2025-04-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Paralaeospira lebruni 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): 206, Fig. 13; note: from coast of Patagonia [details]
original description (of Spirorbis tricostalis Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 360, ; note: brief Latin diagnosis without figures [details]
original description (of Protolaeospira (Protolaeospira) canina Knight-Jones, 1973) Knight-Jones, Phyllis. (1973). Spirorbinae (Serpulidae: Polychaeta) from southeastern Australia. Pt. 1. A new genus, four new subgenera and seven new species. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Ser. Zoology.</em> 24(4): 231-259., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/64438
page(s): 239, Fig. 3; note: described as very similar to P. lebruni. Both P. lebruni and P. canina were later synonymised with P. tricostalis. [details]
page(s): 206, Fig. 13; note: from coast of Patagonia [details]
original description (of Spirorbis tricostalis Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 360, ; note: brief Latin diagnosis without figures [details]
original description (of Protolaeospira (Protolaeospira) canina Knight-Jones, 1973) Knight-Jones, Phyllis. (1973). Spirorbinae (Serpulidae: Polychaeta) from southeastern Australia. Pt. 1. A new genus, four new subgenera and seven new species. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Ser. Zoology.</em> 24(4): 231-259., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/64438
page(s): 239, Fig. 3; note: described as very similar to P. lebruni. Both P. lebruni and P. canina were later synonymised with P. tricostalis. [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Knight-Jones, Phyllis and Knight-Jones, E. Wyn 1991. Ecology and distribution of Serpuloidea (Polychaeta) round South America. Ophelia supplement 5 (Systematics, Biology and Morphology of World Polychaeta): 579-586.
page(s): 581-582, fig. 2A; note: Protolaeospira tricostalis records for Patagonia. and comments on "Spirorbis lebruni" form with tiered opercular plates. [details]
taxonomy source Knight-Jones, Phyllis and Knight-Jones, E. Wyn 1984. Systematics, ecology and distribution of southern hemisphere spirorbids (Polychaeta; Spirorbidae), in P.A. Hutchings ed., Proceedings of the First International Polychaete Conference, Sydney, Australia, 1983: Sydney, The Linnean Society of New South Wales, p. 197-210.
page(s): 201; note: Additional record for Australia. In text flow as "The most generally conspicuous spirorbid on shore rocks in S.E. Australia" and senior synonym of P. canina & P. lebruni after "Having examined Lamarck...
[details]
page(s): 581-582, fig. 2A; note: Protolaeospira tricostalis records for Patagonia. and comments on "Spirorbis lebruni" form with tiered opercular plates. [details]
taxonomy source Knight-Jones, Phyllis and Knight-Jones, E. Wyn 1984. Systematics, ecology and distribution of southern hemisphere spirorbids (Polychaeta; Spirorbidae), in P.A. Hutchings ed., Proceedings of the First International Polychaete Conference, Sydney, Australia, 1983: Sydney, The Linnean Society of New South Wales, p. 197-210.
page(s): 201; note: Additional record for Australia. In text flow as "The most generally conspicuous spirorbid on shore rocks in S.E. Australia" and senior synonym of P. canina & P. lebruni after "Having examined Lamarck...
Additional record for Australia. In text flow as "The most generally conspicuous spirorbid on shore rocks in S.E. Australia" and senior synonym of P. canina & P. lebruni after "Having examined Lamarck's material in the Paris Museum ..."
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
