Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Alternative combinations: Catazone polita, Turritoma polita
Synonyms: Catazone pinguis Donald 1902, Turritoma pinguis Donald 1902
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, Longstaff 1924 and Wagner 1999
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 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
Type specimens:
- Hormotoma polita: Its type locality is Shalloch Mill, Whitehouse Bay, Girvan, which is in a Cautleyan carbonate limestone in the Shalloch Formation of the United Kingdom
- Turritoma pinguis: Its type locality is Locality 5. “Starfish Bed,” small cliff above S. bank of Lady Burn River, 100 meters south of South Treave Farmhouse, Thraive Glen, Girvan, which is in a Rawtheyan carbonate limestone in the South Threave Formation of the United Kingdom.
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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