126 



Illustrations Z7i British Zoology : — 



Art. V. Illustrations in British Zoology, By George John- 

 ston, M.D., Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edin- 

 burgh. 



18. Se'rpula tubula'ria. (/g.23.) 



Synonymes. — Serpiila tubularia, 

 Mont. Test. Brit. p. 513. (1803), 

 Turt. Brit. Faun. p. 202. (1807), 

 Fleming in Edin. Encyclop. 

 vol.vii. p. 67. t. 204. f.9., Penn. 

 Br.Zool. vol.iv. p. 362. (1812), 

 Dillw. Cat. Rec. Sh. p. 1083. 

 (1817), Fleming in Edin. Phil. 

 Journ. vol. xii. p. 243. (1825). 

 Serpula arundo, Turt. Conch. 

 Diet. p. 155. (1819), Berkeley 

 in Zool. Journ. vol. iii. p. 229. 

 (1828). The figure there re- 

 ferred to I have not seen. 



? variety. — The tubes clustered. 

 Serp. tubularia, Mont. Supp. 

 p. 171. (1808), Turt. Conch. 

 Diet. p. 154. t. 24. f. 84. 



Habitat. — The sea; af- 

 fixed to old shells, particu- 

 larly bivalves. Coast of 

 Devonshire, Mbw/flt^>-W/ Wey- 

 mouth, Berkeley; Zetland, 

 Fleming; Berwick Bay, G. 

 J, The variety has been 

 found on the coasts of Devon 

 and Essex ; and, of a smaller 

 size, in Dublin Bay, Turton. 



Oy The animal in the shell, natural 

 size, by The animal removed 

 from the shell, natural size, 

 c, A single filament of a bran- 

 chial tuft, magnified. 



This splendid worm was first discovered by Colonel Mon- 

 tagu ; and although it has been since noticed by several con- 

 chologists, yet as none of them, except Mr. Berkeley, has 

 taken any notice of the animal, it may not be deemed an un- 

 interesting subject for these illustrations, particularly as the 

 figure alluded to is contained in an expensive work, in the 

 hands, perhaps, of few readers of this Magazine; and the 

 figure itself I was never able to procure. 



Serpula tubularia is the largest species of its genus found 



