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Murchisonia

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia was named by d'Archiac and de Verneuil (1841) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl-l P Dora Sepkoski's reference number: 1130,1197]. Its type is Turritella bilineata. It is the type genus of Murchisoniidae, Murchisoniacea.

It was reranked as Holopella (Murchisonia) by Murchison (1854); it was reranked as Pleurotomaria (Murchisonia) by Hall (1856); it was reranked as Bembexia (Murchisonia) by Lawson (1955).

It was assigned to Holopella by Murchison (1854); to Pleurotomaria by Hall (1856); to Bembexia by Lawson (1955); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Murchisoniidae by Knight et al. (1960), Bouchet et al. (2005) and Wagner (2023).

Species
Goniostropha bachelieri, Goniostropha chapmani, Goniostropha extenuata, M. (Cheilotoma), M. (Goniospira), M. (Goniostropha) turriculata, M. (Murchisonia), M. (Ostioma), M. aciculata, M. akidota, M. allevata, M. anderdoniae (syn. M. tricarinata), M. anglica, M. angulata, M. angustetaeniata, M. archiaci, M. arctica, M. auctor, M. basalestriata, M. bassensis, M. biarmica, M. bilineata, M. brevis (syn. Pleurotomaria bilineata), M. cambria, M. cicela, M. concava, M. conradi, M. convexa, M. declivisdiot, M. deflexa, M. defrancei, M. delagei, M. deludisubzona, M. dornapica, M. dowlingii, M. dublinensis, M. dudleyensis, M. eichwaldi, M. elegans, M. fornicata, M. fusiformis (syn. M. humboldtiana, M. josepha), M. gourvenneci, M. gracilicrista, M. gracilis, M. gubleri, M. hebe, M. hercynica, M. holynensis, M. intercedens, M. intermedia, M. jackjelli, M. kanekoi, M. kirchnera, M. laphami, M. lawlessi, M. leda, M. liufengshanensis, M. lochkoviensis, M. lohrheimi, M. margaritata, M. marri, M. megathanae, M. micula, M. minuta, M. mylitta, M. nerinea, M. obesa, M. obtusangula, M. oegensis, M. oehlerti, M. ordovicia, M. padangensis, M. paeckelmanni, M. pagodeformis, M. petila, M. placida, M. pleurotomarioides, M. plumleyi, M. pragensis, M. pritchardi, M. pygmaea, M. reverdyi, M. rotundata, M. sandbergeri, M. sandbergi, M. selenalta, M. sera, M. sibleyensis, M. similis, M. sphaerulata, M. steltenbergensis, M. subcarinata, M. subeuglypha, M. subornata, M. subulata, M. taltiensis, M. tenuissima, M. tillesae, M. timorensis, M. tricincta, M. trilineata, M. turbinata, M. turriformis, M. turris, M. vicariana, M. vincta, M. wandovalensis, M. xanthippe, M. zimmermanni
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Murchisonia d'Archiac and de Verneuil
1854Holopella (Murchisonia) Murchison pp. 88, 194, 489
1856Pleurotomaria (Murchisonia) Hall p. 26
1888Goniostropha Oehlert and Oehlert
1907Murchisonia (Goniostropha) Perner p. 122
1955Bembexia (Murchisonia) Lawson
1960Murchisonia Knight et al. p. 291
2002Murchisonia Sepkoski
2005Murchisonia Bouchet et al. p. 43
2023Murchisonia Wagner p. G345

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyMurchisonioidea()
familyMurchisoniidae
genusMurchisonia

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Murchisonia d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841
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Subg. †Murchisonia (Goniospira) Donald 1902
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Subg. †Murchisonia (Ostioma) Tassell 1980
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Ostioma albanica Tassell 1980
Ostioma bloomfieldia Tassell 1980
Murchisonia aciculata Hall 1860
Murchisonia akidota Linsley 1968
Murchisonia allevata Perner 1907
Murchisonia anderdoniae Linsley 1968
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Invalid names: Murchisonia tricarinata Sherzer and Grabau 1910 [replaced]
Murchisonia anglica d'Orbigny 1850
Murchisonia angulata von Schlotheim 1820
Murchisonia angustetaeniata Paeckelmann 1922
Murchisonia archiaci Paeckelmann 1922
Murchisonia arctica Tolmachoff 1930
Murchisonia auctor Mawson et al. 2002
Murchisonia basalestriata Heidelberger 2001
Murchisonia bassensis Tassell 1978
Murchisonia biarmica Kutorga 1842
Murchisonia bilineata Dechen 1832
Murchisonia brevis Roemer 1856
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Invalid names: Pleurotomaria bilineata Sandberger and Sandberger 1853 [replaced]
Murchisonia cambria Donald 1905
Murchisonia cicela Billings 1865
Murchisonia concava Spitz 1907
Murchisonia conradi Hall 1868
Murchisonia convexa Spitz 1907
Murchisonia declivisdiot Perner 1903
Murchisonia deflexa Lindström 1884
Murchisonia defrancei d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842
Murchisonia delagei Munier-Chalmas 1876
Murchisonia deludisubzona Linsley 1968
Murchisonia dornapica Heidelberger and Amler 2002
Murchisonia dowlingii Whiteaves 1892
Murchisonia dublinensis Stauffer 1909
Murchisonia dudleyensis Donald 1902
Murchisonia eichwaldi Koken 1889
Murchisonia elegans Sollas 1879
Murchisonia fornicata Spitz 1907
Murchisonia fusiformis Phillips 1836
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Invalid names: Murchisonia humboldtiana de Koninck 1844 [synonym], Murchisonia josepha Goldfuss 1844 [synonym]
Murchisonia gourvenneci Blodgett et al. 2003
Murchisonia gracilicrista Linsley 1968
Murchisonia gracilis Goldfuss 1844
Murchisonia gubleri Delpey 1941
Murchisonia hebe Billings 1874
Murchisonia hercynica Römer 1843
Murchisonia holynensis Frýda and Manda 1997
Murchisonia intermedia Stauffer 1909
Murchisonia jackjelli Cook 1997
Murchisonia kanekoi Kase and Nishida 1986
Murchisonia kirchnera Heidelberger 2001
Murchisonia laphami Hall 1860
Murchisonia lawlessi Cook and Camilleri 1997
Murchisonia leda Hall 1861
Murchisonia liufengshanensis Cook and Pan 2004
Murchisonia lochkoviensis Frýda and Manda 1997
Murchisonia lohrheimi Heidelberger 2001
Murchisonia marri Donald 1895
Murchisonia megathanae Blodgett and Johnson 1992
Murchisonia micula Miller 1877
Murchisonia minuta Grabau and Sherzer 1910
Murchisonia mylitta Billings 1865
Murchisonia nerinea Sandberger and Sandberger 1855
Murchisonia obesa Whidborne 1892
Murchisonia obtusangula Lindström 1884
Murchisonia oegensis Heidelberger and Koch 2005
Murchisonia oehlerti Blodgett et al. 1999
Murchisonia padangensis Fliegel 1901
Murchisonia paeckelmanni Heidelberger and Koch 2005
Murchisonia pagodeformis Kirchner 1915
Murchisonia petila Hall and Whitfield 1872
Murchisonia placida Billings 1865
Murchisonia plumleyi Blodgett 1992
Murchisonia pragensis Frýda and Manda 1997
Murchisonia pritchardi Etheridge 1898
Murchisonia pygmaea Rowley 1895
Murchisonia reverdyi Oehlert 1877
Murchisonia rotundata Spitz 1907
Murchisonia sandbergeri Paeckelmann 1922
Murchisonia sandbergi Paeckelmann 1922
Murchisonia selenalta Heidelberger 2001
Murchisonia sera Böhm 1895
Murchisonia sibleyensis Linsley 1968
Murchisonia similis Trenkner 1868
Murchisonia sphaerulata Donald 1887
Murchisonia steltenbergensis Heidelberger and Koch 2005
Murchisonia steltenbergensis monocincta Heidelberger and Koch 2005
Murchisonia subcarinata Sherzer and Grabau 1910
Murchisonia subeuglypha Krumbeck 1924
Murchisonia subornata de Koninck 1883
Murchisonia subulata Conrad 1842
Murchisonia taltiensis Tschernischeff 1893
Murchisonia tenuissima Donald 1887
Murchisonia tillesae Blodgett and Johnson 1992
Murchisonia timorensis Krumbeck 1924
Murchisonia tricincta d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842
Murchisonia trilineata Sandberger and Sandberger 1854
Murchisonia turbinata Bronn 1856
Murchisonia turriformis Grünberg 1927
Murchisonia turris de Koninck 1876
Murchisonia vicariana Whidborne 1892
Murchisonia vincta Hall 1856
Murchisonia wandovalensis Cook and Camilleri 1997
Murchisonia xanthippe Billings 1865
Murchisonia zimmermanni Heidelberger and Koch 2005
Invalid names: Goniostropha Oehlert and Oehlert 1888 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height312.710.916.511.33.12

Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedo
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Knight et al. (1960).g
Created: 2009-06-06 08:12:42
Modified: 2009-09-24 16:06:01
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Whiterockian to the top of the Hauterivian or 471.80000 to 129.40000 Ma

Collections (222 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cassinian478.6 - 468.1United Kingdom (Scotland) M. sp. (75589)
Cassinian478.6 - 468.1Canada (Newfoundland) M. sp. (195784)
Cassinian478.6 - 468.1USA (Missouri) Murchisonia indet. (75519)
Whiterockian471.8 - 457.5USA (Nevada) M. sp. (104463)
Chatfieldian460.9 - 449.5USA (Kentucky) M. sp. (34561)
Turinian460.9 - 449.5Canada (British Columbia) M. sp. (192179 192184 192195)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.4Germany M. sp. (214069)
Rawtheyan455.8 - 445.6United Kingdom (Wales) M. sp. (8370)
Ashgillian449.5 - 443.7USA (Alaska) M. sp. (113018)
Richmondian449.5 - 443.7USA (Iowa) M. sp. (13204 13260)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) M. densilineata (112096 112097) M. sp. (108549)
Triassic252.17 - 201.3USA (Alaska) M. sp. (112298)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2China (Qinghai) M. sp. (122301)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Bosnia and Herzegovina M. sp. (206730)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Indonesia (Timor) M. sp. (205308)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Hungary (Bakony) M. hungarica (203218)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Italy M. sera (138255 138256)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Indonesia (Timor) M. timorensis (205174) M. timorensis, M. subeuglypha (205303)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Cerithium acutum, Trochus tristriatus, Trochus bipunctatus, Pleurotoma blumi (137429) M. acuta, M. subgranulata, M. calosoma, M. tristriata (144631) Pleurotomaria obtusa (145649)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Switzerland Pleurotomaria defrancii (2198)