Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Alternative combination: Murchisonia longispira
Full reference: J. Hall. 1852. Containing descriptions of the organic remains of the lower middle division of the New York system. Paleontology of New York 2:1-362
Belongs to Coelocaulus according to E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield 1897
See also Hall 1852 and Nicholson 1872
Sister taxa: Coelocaulus alceste, Coelocaulus chlupaci, Coelocaulus clavata, Coelocaulus columna, Coelocaulus cybele, Coelocaulus davidsoni, Coelocaulus decipiens, Coelocaulus desiderata, Coelocaulus estella, Coelocaulus fugitiva, Coelocaulus karlae, Coelocaulus lebescontei, Coelocaulus linearis, Coelocaulus perlonga, Coelocaulus pollens, Coelocaulus sana, Coelocaulus strebloceras, Coelocaulus turritiformis, Coelocaulus zonaria
Type specimen: Its type locality is Eurypterid-associated biota of the dolomite of the Lockport Fmn. at Elora, Ont., which is in a Ludlow open shallow subtidal dolomite in the Guelph Formation of Canada.
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (4: Ontario collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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