Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Alternative combinations: Hormotoma desiderata, Murchisonia (Murchisonia) desiderata, Murchisonia desiderata
Full reference: J. Hall. 1859. Notes and observations upon the fossils of the Goniatite Limestone, in the Marcellus shale of the Hamilton group, and those of the Goniatite beds of Rockford, Indiana, with some analogous forms from the Hamilton Group proper. Annual report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the State Cabinet of Natural History and the Historical and Antiquarian collection annexed thereto 13:95-112
Belongs to Coelocaulus according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Hall 1859, Hall 1879, Linsley 1968, Rollins et al. 1971 and Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Sister taxa: Coelocaulus alceste, Coelocaulus chlupaci, Coelocaulus clavata, Coelocaulus columna, Coelocaulus cybele, Coelocaulus davidsoni, Coelocaulus decipiens, Coelocaulus estella, Coelocaulus fugitiva, Coelocaulus karlae, Coelocaulus lebescontei, Coelocaulus linearis, Coelocaulus longispira, Coelocaulus perlonga, Coelocaulus pollens, Coelocaulus sana, Coelocaulus strebloceras, Coelocaulus turritiformis, Coelocaulus zonaria
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (3: Ohio collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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