Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Annelida - (Class) Polychaeta - (Order) Sabellida - (Family) Serpulidae

Original position

Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent positions

Serpulinae (Subfamily) (Savigny, 1818) Rioja, 1923

Original entries

Serpula anguina Linnaeus, 1758
Serpula arenaria Linnaeus, 1758
Serpula contortuplicata Linnaeus, 1758
Serpula glomerata Linnaeus, 1758
Serpula intricata Linnaeus, 1758
Serpula lumbricalis Linnaeus, 1758
Serpula penicillus Linnaeus, 1758
Serpula penis-veneris Linnaeus, 1758
Serpula planorbis Linnaeus, 1758
Serpula ringens Linnaeus, 1758
Serpula seminulum Linnaeus, 1758
Serpula spirillum Linnaeus, 1758
Serpula spirorbis Linnaeus, 1758
Serpula triquetra Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Serpulinae (Subfamily) (Savigny, 1818) Rioja, 1923

Ref: G. Hartmann-Schröder, 1996: 563.

Alternative positions

Operculata (Infraphylum) T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: 236. [rough position]
Serpulidae (Family) Savigny, 1818	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1264.

Historical positions

Operculata (Infraphylum) T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: table 4 (p. 236). [rough position]
Serpulidae (Family) Savigny, 1818	Ref: G.B. Read, 1996
Serpulinae (Subfamily) (Savigny, 1818) Rioja, 1923	Ref: G. Hartmann-Schröder, 1996: 563.
Polychaeta ([unranked])	Ref: C. Nielsen, 1995
Serpulidae (Family) Savigny, 1818	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Polychaeta (Class) Grube, 1850	Ref: R.S. Boardman et al., 1987
Serpulidae (Family) Savigny, 1818	Ref: M.H. Pettibone, 1982: 38.
Sedentaria (Subclass) (Lamarck, 1818)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Serpulidae (Family) Savigny, 1818	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 1074, 1264.
Testacea (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 645, 786. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s; †1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[14s]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[14s]