Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Alternative combination: Murchisonia gracillima
Full reference: R. I. Murchison. 1859. On the succession of the older rocks in the northernmost counties of Scotland; with some observations on the Orkney and Shetland Islands. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 15(1-2):353-421
Belongs to Hormotoma according to P. J. Wagner 2023
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 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 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 Gray Locality, Sutherland (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)
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