Catazone demidoffi Murchison et al. 1845 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Alternative combinations: Murchisonia cingulata demidoffi, Murchisonia demidoffi

Full reference: R.I. Murchison, E. de Verneuil, and A. Keyserling. 1845. Géologie de la Russie d'Europe et des Montagne de l'Oural. Paléontologie. Géologie de la Russie d'Europe et des Montagne de l'Oural. Paléontologie 2(3):1-512

Belongs to Catazone according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Murchison et al. 1845, Tschernischeff 1893 and Wenjukov 1899

Sister taxa: Catazone apate, Catazone argolis, Catazone boylei, Catazone changningensis, Catazone cingulata, Catazone compressa, Catazone cuneus, Catazone egregium, Catazone eversolensis, Catazone latona, Catazone nevadana, Catazone podolica, Catazone robustula, Catazone styloidea

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Orynin (Silurian of Ukraine)

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