RAS name details
Laeospira Caullery & Mesnil, 1897
325112 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:325112)
unaccepted (unnecessary new name for nominal subgenus Spirorbis)
Genus
Leospira [auct. misspelling for 'Laeospira'] · unaccepted (data entry misspelling of no...)
data entry misspelling of no significance
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
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): 211; note: as a subgenus of Spirorbis [details]
(of Spirorbis (Laeospira) 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): 211 [details]
page(s): 211; note: as a subgenus of Spirorbis [details]
(of Spirorbis (Laeospira) 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): 211 [details]
Read, G.; Fauchald, K. (Ed.) (2021). World Polychaeta database. Laeospira Caullery & Mesnil, 1897. Accessed through: RAS (Eds.) (2021) Register of Antarctic Species at: http://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325112 on 2026-07-31
RAS (Eds.) (2026). Register of Antarctic Species. Laeospira Caullery & Mesnil, 1897. Accessed at: https://ras.biodiversity.aq/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=325112 on 2026-07-31
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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): 211; note: as a subgenus of Spirorbis [details]
original description (of Spirorbis (Laeospira) 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): 211 [details]
status source Pillai, T. Gottfried. (1970). Studies on a collection of Spirorbids from Ceylon, together with a critical review and revision of Spirorbid systematics, and an account of their phylogeny and zoogeography. <em>Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences).</em> 8(2): 100-172.
note: Laeospira is given full genus rank, and appears to be used as a name instead of genus Spirorbis, with L. borealis given as the type species of the genus [details] Available for editors
status source Vine, Peter J. (1977). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Spirorbinae (Polychaeta: Serpulidae). <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir.</em> 68: 1-68., available online at http://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/NZOIMemoir68.pdf
page(s): 831; note: Laeospira is listed as a synonym of Spirorbis [details] Available for editors
status source Macdonald, Tara A. 2003. Phylogenetic relations among spirorbid subgenera and the evolution of operular brooding. Hydrobiologia 496: 125-143., available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1026132512370
note: The name Laeospira is not mentioned [details]
page(s): 211; note: as a subgenus of Spirorbis [details]
original description (of Spirorbis (Laeospira) 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): 211 [details]
status source Pillai, T. Gottfried. (1970). Studies on a collection of Spirorbids from Ceylon, together with a critical review and revision of Spirorbid systematics, and an account of their phylogeny and zoogeography. <em>Ceylon Journal of Science (Biological Sciences).</em> 8(2): 100-172.
note: Laeospira is given full genus rank, and appears to be used as a name instead of genus Spirorbis, with L. borealis given as the type species of the genus [details] Available for editors
status source Vine, Peter J. (1977). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Spirorbinae (Polychaeta: Serpulidae). <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir.</em> 68: 1-68., available online at http://docs.niwa.co.nz/library/public/NZOIMemoir68.pdf
page(s): 831; note: Laeospira is listed as a synonym of Spirorbis [details] Available for editors
status source Macdonald, Tara A. 2003. Phylogenetic relations among spirorbid subgenera and the evolution of operular brooding. Hydrobiologia 496: 125-143., available online at https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1026132512370
note: The name Laeospira is not mentioned [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
