Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Alternative spellings: Coelocaeulus, Murchisonia (Coelocaulus)
Synonym: Coelidium Clarke and Ruedemann 1903 [objective synonym]
Full reference: D. Oehlert and P. Oehlert. 1888. Descriptions de quelques espèces dévoniennes de département de la Mayenne. Bulletin de la Société d'Etudes Scientifiques d'Angers 1888:65-120
Parent taxon: Hormotomidae according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Knight 1941, Knight et al. 1960, Perner 1907, Rohr et al. 2003, Sepkoski 2002 and Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Sister taxa: Catazone, Diplozone, Gyrodoma, Hormotoma, Hormotomina, Medfracaulus, Plethospira, Ptychocaulus
Subtaxa: Coelocaulus alceste Coelocaulus chlupaci Coelocaulus clavata Coelocaulus columna Coelocaulus cybele Coelocaulus davidsoni Coelocaulus decipiens Coelocaulus desiderata Coelocaulus estella Coelocaulus fugitiva Coelocaulus karlae Coelocaulus lebescontei Coelocaulus linearis Coelocaulus longispira Coelocaulus perlonga Coelocaulus pollens Coelocaulus sana Coelocaulus strebloceras Coelocaulus turritiformis Coelocaulus zonaria
Type: Murchisonia davidsoni
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (19: Alabama collections)
• Devonian of Austria (1), Canada (5: New Brunswick, Northwest Territories), the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), United States (3: Ohio)
• Silurian of Canada (22: Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Ontario), the Czech Republic (6), United States (5: Alaska)
Total: 64 collections including 87 occurrences
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