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Cyrtostropha salteri

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Taxonomy
Hormotoma salteri was named by Ulrich and Scofield (1897).

It was recombined as Murchisonia (Hormotoma) salteri by Fix (1975); it was recombined as Murchisonia salteri by Wagner (1999); it was recombined as Cyrtostropha salteri by Wagner (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Hormotoma salteri Ulrich and Scofield p. 1016 figs. pl. 70 f. 44-48
1909Hormotoma fasciata Branson p. 45 figs. pl. 7 f. 16
1923Hormotoma salteri Foerste p. 80
1928Hormotoma salteri groenlandica Troedsson p. 17 figs. pl. 3 f. 1-3
1938Hormotoma groenlandica Wilson pp. 29 - 30
1951Hormotoma salteri Wilson
1969Hormotoma salteri Liberty
1975Murchisonia (Hormotoma) salteri Fix p. 87–88
1999Murchisonia salteri Wagner
2023Cyrtostropha salteri Wagner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyMurchisonioidea()
familyMurchisoniidae
genusCyrtostropha()
speciessalteri()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Cyrtostropha salteri Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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†Cyrtostropha salteri canadensis Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Hormotoma salteri nitida Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Hormotoma salteri tennesseensis Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Invalid names: Cyrtostropha fasciata Branson 1909 [synonym], Hormotoma groenlandica Troedsson 1928 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E.B. Branson 1909 (Hormotoma fasciata)Shell large, very loosely coiled, apical angle about sixteen degrees. Band narrow, convex, considerably elevated. Suture very deep, lines of growth coarse, bending strongly backward from the suture to the band. Aperture slightly higher than wide.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yessubg
Adult length: 10 to < 100subg
Adult width: 10 to < 100subg
Adult height: 10 to < 100subg
Folds: nonesubg
Ribbing: minorsubg
Spines: nonesubg
Internal reinforcement: nonesubg
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-06 08:12:14
Modified: 2009-06-06 10:12:14
Source: subg = subgenus, f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Turinian to the top of the Cautleyan or 457.30000 to 448.80000 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) Hormotoma salteri (26274 26275 26276)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Missouri) Hormotoma fasciata (175724)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Ontario) Hormotoma salteri (184671 185431 185465 185476)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) Hormotoma salteri (63816)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Hormotoma salteri (55999)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Hormotoma salteri (155401)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Hormotoma salteri (26192)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Hormotoma salteri (5346)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) Hormotoma canadensis (154703)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Hormotoma salteri (5361)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Hormotoma salteri (23659 23664 23667 23668 23670)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Hormotoma salteri (23579 23584)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Hormotoma salteri (101108 154460)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Hormotoma salteri (26272)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) Hormotoma salteri (26263 26270 26271 26273 26277 197156)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Quebec) Hormotoma salteri (185477)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) Hormotoma salteri (99663 99803 100288 194138) Murchisonia salteri (34547)
Katian452.8 - 445.2USA (Kentucky) Hormotoma salteri (101403)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) Hormotoma salteri (23678)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) Hormotoma salteri (23588)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Kentucky) Hormotoma salteri (100541)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Hormotoma salteri (26293 26294)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Michigan) Hormotoma salteri (172804)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Hormotoma groenlandica (27193)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8Greenland (Washington Land) Hormotoma salteri (24162)