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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.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. dowlingi, M. hibernica, M. scrabiculatus, M. turritelloides

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

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Brigantian or 335.90000 to 330.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (England) Murchisonia fastigiata (type locality: 155620)