''Pileolaria'' is a genus of

polychaete worms Polychaeta () is a paraphyletic class of generally marine annelid worms, commonly called bristle worms or polychaetes (). Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia that bear many bristles, called chaetae, which are mad ...

in the

Serpulidae 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 w ...

family. ''Pileolaria'' are marine worms that have a global distribution. This genus was first described by

René-Édouard Claparède René-Édouard Claparède (; 24 April 1832, Chancy – 31 May 1871, Siena) was a Swiss anatomist. The Claparède family was Protestant and originally from Languedoc. They moved to Geneva after Louis XIV's Edict of Fontainebleau in 1685. He r ...

in 1868.

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Taxa described in 1868 Serpulidae Polychaete genera {{Annelid-stub