Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Alternative spelling: Murchisonia (Turritoma)
Synonym: Turritospira Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Full reference: E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081
Parent taxon: Eotomariidae according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Knight et al. 1960, Sepkoski 2002 and Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Sister taxa: Ambozoniinae, Eotomariinae, Kamupena, Liospirinae, Paraliospira, Semizona, Takfaia
Subtaxa: Turritoma acrea Turritoma ada Turritoma constricta
Type: Murchisonia acrea
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (2: Ontario collections)
• Ordovician of Canada (3: Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador), Greenland (1), United States (15: Missouri)
Total: 21 collections including 23 occurrences
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