Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Alternative spelling: Murchisonia (Glyphodeta)
Full reference: J. G. Donald. 1895. The genus Murchisonia and its allies. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 51(2):210-234
Parent taxon: Murchisoniidae according to J. B. Knight et al. 1960
See also Mazaev 2006 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anarconcha, Barroisocaulus, Bellazona, Biangularia, Brilonella, Cyrtostropha, Devonocerithioides, Domiporta, Eohormotomina, Farewellia, Helicospira, Kaseiella, Leptorima, Lodanaria, Mesocoelia, Michelia, Micheliopsis, Micrentoma, Morania, Murchisonia, Parahormotomina, Predazzella, Protospira, Pseudoaclisina, Vladanella, Wuxuanella
Subtaxa: Glyphodeta terebriformis Glyphodeta zonata Murchisonia (Glyphodeta) fimbricarinata
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2 collections), United States (2: Indiana)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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