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Hormotoma nigra

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Taxonomy
Hormotoma nigra was named by Longstaff (1924). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 4. Shalloch Mill, Whitehouse Bay, Girvan, which is in a Pusgillian carbonate limestone in the Mill Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Hormotoma nigra Longstaff pp. 425 – 426 figs. pl. 34 f. 4
2023Hormotoma nigra Wagner p. 1566

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyMurchisonioidea()
familyHormotomidae
genusHormotoma()
speciesnigra

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.

†Hormotoma nigra Longstaff 1924
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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: Pusgillian or 449.50000 to 449.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Hormotoma nigra (type locality: 73133)