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 1999
Sister taxa: Catozone, Coelocaulus, Diplozone, Gyrodoma, Hormotoma, Hormotomina, Medfracaulus, Plethospira, Ptychocaulus
Subtaxa: none
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), Czechia (6), Estonia (1), the Russian Federation (6), Sweden (3), Ukraine (3)
Total: 32 collections including 42 occurrences
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