358 SERPULA. WORM-SHELL. Class VI. 



GENUS XXXIII. SERPULA. WORM- 

 SHELL. 



Animal, (generally) a Terebella. 

 Shell tubular, adhering to other bodies. 



Spiral. 



1. spiror- Lin. Syst. 1264. No. 794. Lin. Tr. viii. 241. 



BIS. 



spiral. 



Gm. Lin. 3740. Mont. Test. Br. 4g8. 



Faun. Suec. No. 2204. 



S. with a shell spiral or wreathed, like the cornu 

 ammonis ; very small; adhering to shells, Crus- 

 tacea, and alga. Tab. xciv. Jig. 1. 



a. 9PIRIL- Gm. Lin. 3740. JMW. 7W*. Br. 499. 



LUM - Xin. TV. viii. 240. 



* S. with a pellucid, uniform, spiral, orbiculate 

 shell -, volutions round, gradually decreasing in 

 size. 



