Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Alternative combination: Murchisonia (Catazone) cuneus
Synonym: Murchisonia (Catazone) simulans Perner 1907
Full reference: J. Perner. 1907. Gastéropodes, Tome 2: Pleurotomaridae et Murchisonidae 1-380
Belongs to Catazone according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Knight 1941, Knight et al. 1960, Perner 1907 and Perner 1911
Sister taxa: Catazone apate, Catazone argolis, Catazone boylei, Catazone changningensis, Catazone cingulata, Catazone compressa, Catazone demidoffi, Catazone egregium, Catazone eversolensis, Catazone latona, Catazone nevadana, Catazone podolica, Catazone robustula, Catazone styloidea
Type specimens:
- Catazone cuneus: Perner 1907 Figure 165 (p. 109) in the Barrandeum, a shell. Its type locality is Lower Kopanina Beds, Karlštejn (= Karlstein), which is in a Gorstian carbonate limestone in the Kopanina Formation of the Czech Republic.
- Murchisonia (Catazone) simulans:
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of the Czech Republic (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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