Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Alternative spelling: Murchisonia (Leptorima)
Full reference: J. Perner. 1907. Gastéropodes, Tome 2: Pleurotomaridae et Murchisonidae 1-380
Parent taxon: Murchisoniidae according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Perner 1907 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anarconcha, Barroisocaulus, Bellazona, Biangularia, Brilonella, Cyrtostropha, Devonocerithioides, Domiporta, Eohormotomina, Farewellia, Glyphodeta, Helicospira, Kaseiella, Lodanaria, Mesocoelia, Michelia, Micheliopsis, Micrentoma, Morania, Murchisonia, Parahormotomina, Predazzella, Protospira, Pseudoaclisina, Vladanella, Wuxuanella
Subtaxa: Leptorima oehlerti Leptorima townsendii
Type: Murchisonia oehlerti
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (1: Ontario collection), the Czech Republic (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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