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Hormotoma anna

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia anna was named by Billings (1859). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Hormotoma anna by Ulrich and Scofield (1897), Wagner (1999), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Murchisonia anna Billings pp. 358 - 359 figs. f. 8a, 8d
1886Murchisonia anna Whitfield p. 318
1897Hormotoma anna Ulrich and Scofield p. 1014
1999Hormotoma anna Wagner
2023Hormotoma anna Wagner p. 1536

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

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 anna Billings 1859
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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: Bambach et al. 2007, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Floian to the top of the Blackhillsian or 477.10000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (Missouri) Murchisonia gracilis (75551) Murchisonia n. sp. #3 (75557) Murchisonia n. sp. #3, Murchisonia gracilis (75547) Murchisonia n. sp. #4 (75578) Murchisonia n. sp. #5 (75519 75525)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (Arkansas) Hormotoma anna (64598)
Tulean - Blackhillsian481.7 - 471.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Murchisonia anna (188697)
Floian477.1 - 471.3USA (Arkansas) Hormotoma anna (99119)