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Murchisonia (Hormotoma) gracillima

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia (Hormotoma) gracilis gracillima was named by Murchison (1859). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Murchisonia (Hormotoma) gracillima by Peach et al. (1907); it was recombined as Hormotoma gracillima by Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Murchisonia (Hormotoma) gracilis gracillima Murchison pp. 379 - 380 figs. PI. XIII. figs. 7, 8
1907Murchisonia (Hormotoma) gracillima Peach et al.
2023Hormotoma gracillima Wagner p. 1556

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyMurchisonioidea()
familyHormotomidae
genusMurchisonia()
subgenusHormotoma
speciesgracillima()

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: 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
Locomotion: actively mobilesubg
Life habit: epifaunalsubg
Diet: herbivoresubg
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2004-10-20 01:59:43
Modified: 2004-10-20 03:59:43
Source: subg = subgenus, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Tulean or 480.80000 to 474.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Stairsian - Tulean485.4 - 474.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Murchisonia gracillima (188696)
Tulean - Blackhillsian480.8 - 470.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Murchisonia gracillima (188697 188715)