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Murchisonia (Hypergonia) fastigiata

Gastropoda - Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia (Hypergonia) fastigiata was named by Donald (1895). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Clattering Ford, 3 miles west of Bewcastle, which is in a Brigantian carbonate limestone in the Alston Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Murchisonia (Hypergonia) fastigiata Donald p. 227 figs. pl. 9 f. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
orderCerithimorpha
familyOrthonemidae
genusMurchisonia()
subgenusHypergonia
speciesfastigiata

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Diagnosis
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