Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Alternative spelling: Murchisonia (Catazone)
Full reference: J. Perner. 1907. Gastéropodes, Tome 2: Pleurotomaridae et Murchisonidae 1-380
Parent taxon: Hormotomidae according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Knight et al. 1960, Perner 1907 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Coelocaulus, Diplozone, Gyrodoma, Hormotoma, Hormotomina, Medfracaulus, Plethospira, Ptychocaulus
Subtaxa: Catazone apate Catazone argolis Catazone boylei Catazone changningensis Catazone cingulata Catazone compressa Catazone cuneus Catazone demidoffi Catazone egregium Catazone eversolensis Catazone latona Catazone nevadana Catazone podolica Catazone robustula Catazone styloidea
Type: Murchisonia (Catazone) cuneus
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (6: Northwest Territories collections), United States (3: Nevada, New York, Ohio)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Nova Scotia), China (3), the Czech Republic (6), Estonia (1), the Russian Federation (6), Sweden (3), Ukraine (3)
Total: 32 collections including 42 occurrences
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