Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Alternative combinations: Hormotoma salteri, Murchisonia (Hormotoma) salteri, Murchisonia salteri
Synonyms: Cyrtostropha fasciata Branson 1909, Hormotoma fasciata Branson 1909, Hormotoma groenlandica Troedsson 1928, Hormotoma salteri groenlandica Troedsson 1928
Full reference: E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081
Belongs to Cyrtostropha according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Branson 1909, Fix 1975, Foerste 1923, Liberty 1969, Troedsson 1928, Ulrich and Scofield 1897, Wagner 1999, Wilson 1938 and Wilson 1951
Sister taxa: Cyrtostropha bicincta, Cyrtostropha cava, Cyrtostropha coralli, Cyrtostropha macrospira, Cyrtostropha monoliniformis, Cyrtostropha morinensis, Cyrtostropha obscura, Cyrtostropha pacifica, Cyrtostropha scitula, Cyrtostropha sculpta, Cyrtostropha subplicata, Cyrtostropha torquata
Subtaxa: Cyrtostropha salteri canadensis Hormotoma salteri nitida Hormotoma salteri ottawaensis Hormotoma salteri tennesseensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (22: Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec collections), Greenland (1), United States (23: Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Tennessee)
Total: 46 collections including 47 occurrences
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