Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Alternative combination: Murchisonia (Hormotomina) linsleyi
Full reference: J. A. Fagerstrom. 1961. The fauna of the Middle Devonian Formosa Reef Limestone of southwestern Ontario. Journal of Paleontology 35(1):1-48
Belongs to Hormotomina according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Blodgett et al. 1999, Fagerstrom 1961 and Linsley 1968
Sister taxa: Hormotomina fiacrensis, Hormotomina maia, Hormotomina penduliobesa
Type specimen: Its type locality is 2.5 mi N of Formosa, highway road cut, which is in an Eifelian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks/lime mudstone in the Amherstburg Formation of Canada
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at 2.5 mi N of Formosa, highway road cut
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