Hormotomina Grabau and Shimer 1909 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Alternative spelling: Murchisonia (Hormotomina)

Full reference: A. W. Grabau and H. W. Shimer. 1909. North American index fossils, invertebrates 1-909

Parent taxon: Hormotomidae according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Knight et al. 1960 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Catazone, Coelocaulus, Diplozone, Gyrodoma, Hormotoma, Medfracaulus, Plethospira, Ptychocaulus

Subtaxa: Hormotomina fiacrensis Hormotomina linsleyi Hormotomina maia Hormotomina penduliobesa

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Givetian of France (1 collection)

• Devonian of Australia (1), Canada (2: Ontario), United States (4: Michigan, Ohio)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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