PLATE XCV. 



SERPULA VERMICULARIS. 



COMMON SERPULA, 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Animal a terebella, or whimble worm. Shell tubular, adheres tt» 

 other bodies, as shells, stones, tec. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 



Shell round, cylindrical, or scarcely tapering, curved and wrinkled. 



Serpula Vermicularis : testa tereti subulata curvata rugosa. 



Lin. Syst. Nat. a Grtiel. T. I. Jig. 4. p, 3743. 



— Dentalium testa cylindracea insequali flexuosa 



contorta. Lin. Fn.Sv. I. p. 380. No. 1328. 

 Tubuli in quibus vermes. Worm Shells. Merrtt, Pin. p. 194. 

 Serpula vermicularis- Worm. Penn. Brit. Zool. No. 151. 



tab. 91. Jig. 159. 

 Serpulas vermicularis, common. Da Costa Br. Conch, p. 18. sp.9, 



-Tab. 2. fig. 5. 



Those shells are extremely frequent on all the British coasts, either 

 In groupes attached to stones, shells and marine exuviae, or in single 



