Synonymy of Spirobranchus cariniferus

(Relevant original names and New Zealand records only)

Spirobranchus cariniferus as:    Vermetus cariniferus
  Name used as: New entity (basionym) by:  Gray 1843 (pages 242, illus. Pl.1,fig.23 in Smith (1874).)
  Record locality: Parengarenga
  Remarks: The type probably doesn't exist (Glasby & Read 1998) but a figure of it was published later in Smith (1874). The full text in Gray is: "Shell thick, irregularly twisted, opake [sic] white, with a high compressed wavy-keel along the upper edge; mouth orbicular, with a tooth above it, formed by the keel. Operculum orbicular, horny."
  [Basionym for this record: Vermetus cariniferus Gray 1843]

Spirobranchus cariniferus as:    Placostegus caeruleus
  Name used as: New entity (basionym) by:  Schmarda 1861 (pages 29-30, illus. in text. Pl.21,fig.178.)
  Record locality: NZ/S.Africa unknown
  Remarks: Text fig of capillary, plate of tube and emergent worm. Note dubious dual locality: "vorgebirge der guten Hoffnung und Neu-seeland, auf felsen" = foothills of good Hope [?? Sth Africa] and New Zealand, on rock
  [Basionym for this record: Placostegus caeruleus Schmarda 1861]

Spirobranchus cariniferus as:    Pomatocerus [sic] strigiceps
  Name used as: New entity (basionym) by:  Mörch 1863 (pages 412-413, illus. no figures.)
  Record locality:
  Remarks: Uncertain, possibly in part S. cariniferus (Gray). Note variant spelling of genus
  [Basionym for this record: Pomatocerus [sic] strigiceps Mörch 1863]

Spirobranchus cariniferus as:    Placostegus cariniferus
  Name used as: Material-based revision or review by:  Baird 1865 (pages 13-14, illus. no figures.)
  Record locality: NZ coast various unknown
  Remarks: Baird reports on Brit Mus material of Gray's species and suggests junior synonymy of Placostegus caeruleus
  [Basionym for this record: Vermetus cariniferus Gray 1843]

Spirobranchus cariniferus as:    Vermilia mahoria
  Name used as: New entity (basionym) by:  Quatrefages 1866 (pages 520, illus. Pl.15,fig.25.)
  Record locality: NZ coast unknown
  Remarks: The figure reference is to body of V. trifida. Q states tube resembles that of V. greyi. Coll by Du Petit-Thouars, Eydoux, Hombron. Indeterminable fide Hartman cat. Glasby & Read suggest S. cariniferus synonym.
  [Basionym for this record: Vermilia mahoria Quatrefages 1866]

Spirobranchus cariniferus as:    Vermilia hombroni
  Name used as: New entity (basionym) by:  Quatrefages 1866 (pages 527, illus. no figures.)
  Record locality: NZ coast unknown
  Remarks: No collector stated. Indeterminable? Glasby and Read suggest synonym of S. cariniferus
  [Basionym for this record: Vermilia hombroni Quatrefages 1866]

Spirobranchus cariniferus as:    Vermilia greyi
  Name used as: New entity (basionym) by:  Quatrefages 1866 (pages 510, illus. no figures.)
  Record locality: NZ coast unknown
  Remarks: Coll by Eydoux. Named after NZ Governor George Grey. Hartman cat refers to Pomatoceros caeruleus
  [Basionym for this record: Vermilia greyi Quatrefages 1866]

Spirobranchus cariniferus as:    Vermilia caerulea
  Name used as: Catalogue or list entry by:  Quatrefages 1866 (pages 512-513, illus. no figures.)
  Record locality:
  Remarks: Listing and new combination only
  [Basionym for this record: Placostegus caeruleus Schmarda 1861]

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