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Murchisonia aciculata

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia aciculata was named by Hall (1860). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Goniostropha aciculata by Twenhofel (1909) and McLearn (1924); it was recombined as Murchisonia (Murchisonia) aciculata by Peel (1977).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Murchisonia aciculata Hall p. 154
1868Murchisonia aciculata Dawson pp. 605
1909Goniostropha aciculata Twenhofel
1924Goniostropha aciculata McLearn p. 142 figs. pl. 21 f. 21, 25
1977Murchisonia (Murchisonia) aciculata Peel p. 33 figs. pl. 4 f. 1-3
2023Murchisonia aciculata Wagner p. 1843

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

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.

Murchisonia aciculata Hall 1860
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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
Created: 2009-06-06 08:12:42
Modified: 2009-09-24 16:06:01
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Pridoli or 423.00000 to 419.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Canada (Nova Scotia) Murchisonia aciculata (155398)