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Tube Worm
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Taxonomy
Tube Worm
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida
Class: Polychaeata
Order: Sabellida
Family: Serpulidae
Genus: Hamulus
Species: Hamulus squamosus
Author Citation Gabb, 1859
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Cretaceous
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
Stratigraphy
Monmouth Group
Mount Laurel Formation
Provenance
Collector: Heather Siple
Date Collected: 09/09/2021
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Length: 10 mm
Width: 4 mm
Location
Reedy Point Spoils, North Side
New Castle County
Delaware
United States
Comments
Members of the Hamulus genus are easily confused with Scaphopoda (tusk shells) and were originally identified as such. The shells are curved tubes ending in a point, with smooth interiors.
Hamulus squamosus begins with less pronounced ornament and grows wider longitudinal ridges as it matures1.
1. Survey, Maryland Geological. Maryland Geological Survey: Upper Cretaceous. 2 Pts. 1916, p. 747.
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