Serpulid Cycloserpula intestinalis, Jurassic Coast Fossil Worm, Kimmeridge Clay, Authentic, Certified

Description

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Name: Serpulid Cycloserpula intestinalis

Age: Kimmeridge Clay formation, Jurassic

Location: Wyke Regis, Dorset, UK

Size (picture scale cube=1cm):   34 x 11 x 9mm (1.34 x 0.43 x 0.35 inches)

The Serpulidae are a family of sessile, tube-building annelid worms in the class Polychaeta. The members of this family differ from other sabellid tube worms in that they have a specialized operculum that blocks the entrance of their tubes when they withdraw into the tubes.

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