Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Alternative combination: Catazone striatula

Full reference: J. D. Longstaff. 1924. Descriptions of Gasteropoda, chiefly in Mrs. Robert Gray's collection, from the Ordovician and Lower Silurian of Girvan. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 80(4):408-446

Belongs to Murchisonia (Hormotoma) according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Longstaff 1924

Sister taxa: Hormotoma aculeata, Hormotoma acuminata, Hormotoma agilis, Hormotoma altesinuata, Hormotoma amii, Hormotoma anna, Hormotoma antigonishensis, Hormotoma antiqua, Hormotoma arisaigensis, Hormotoma artemesia, Hormotoma articulata, Hormotoma bilineata, Hormotoma bistriata, Hormotoma cassina, Hormotoma centervillensis, Hormotoma concinnus, Hormotoma confusa, Hormotoma cotterensis, Hormotoma doquieri, Hormotoma dubia, Hormotoma dubia, Hormotoma exilis, Hormotoma fascinata, Hormotoma funata, Hormotoma gigantea, Hormotoma gracilens, Hormotoma gracilis, Hormotoma gracillima, Hormotoma grayiana, Hormotoma hyale, Hormotoma inceptor, Hormotoma insignis, Hormotoma latifasciatum, Hormotoma lutiensis, Hormotoma meryenorfi, Hormotoma meyendorfi, Hormotoma minnesotensis, Hormotoma moderata, Hormotoma multivolvis, Hormotoma neglecta, Hormotoma nigra, Hormotoma oehlerti, Hormotoma ordosensis, Hormotoma ordovix, Hormotoma patriciaensis, Hormotoma piperi, Hormotoma polita, Hormotoma prava, Hormotoma robusta, Hormotoma rotundivolvis, Hormotoma rudis, Hormotoma scrobiculata, Hormotoma simplex, Hormotoma subangulata, Hormotoma tenuifilosa, Hormotoma teretiformis, Hormotoma vesta, Hormotoma wilsoni, Hormotoma winnipegensis, Murchisonia (Hormotoma) gracillima, Murchisonia (Hormotoma) patriciaensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Balclatchie Farm, Ayrshire, Girvan, which is in a Burrellian carbonate limestone in the Balclatchie Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: epifaunal herbivore

Distribution: found only at Balclatchie Farm, Ayrshire, Girvan

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