Serpulid cycloserpula intestinalis – jurassic coast fossil worm, kimmeridge clay

SIZE (Picture scale cube=1cm): 46 x 11 x 11mm (1.81 x 0.43 x 0.43 inches)

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Type: Serpulid Cycloserpula intestinalis

Age: Kimmeridge Clay formation, Jurassic

Location: Wyke Regis, Dorset, UK

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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Origin : United Kingdom.

Era : jurassic.

Unique : (Actual as seen).