Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Alternative combination: Murchisonia (Cyrtostropha) ordovix
Full reference: J. G. Donald. 1902. On some of the Proterozoic Gasteropoda which have been referred to Murchisonia and Pleurotomaria, with descriptions of new subgenera and species. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 58(4):313-339
Belongs to Murchisonia (Hormotoma) according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Donald 1902
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 patriciaensis, Hormotoma piperi, Hormotoma polita, Hormotoma prava, Hormotoma robusta, Hormotoma rotundivolvis, Hormotoma rudis, Hormotoma scrobiculata, Hormotoma simplex, Hormotoma striatula, Hormotoma subangulata, Hormotoma tenuifilosa, Hormotoma teretiformis, Hormotoma vesta, Hormotoma wilsoni, Hormotoma winnipegensis, Murchisonia (Hormotoma) gracillima, Murchisonia (Hormotoma) patriciaensis
Ecology: epifaunal herbivore
Distribution: found only at Shalloch Mill, Whitehouse Bay, Girvan (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)
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