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Murchisonia vicariana

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia vicariana was named by Whidborne (1892). It is not extant. Its type locality is Chudleigh, North Devon, which is in a Givetian carbonate limestone in the Lummaton Shell Bed Formation of the United Kingdom.

Entered
by P. Wagner on 2006-03-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Murchisonia vicariana Whidborne
2001Murchisonia vicariana Heidelberger pp. 151 - 152 figs. pl. 14 f. 15-16; pl. 15 f. 1
2023Murchisonia vicariana Wagner p. 2635

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyMurchisonioidea()
familyMurchisoniidae
genusMurchisonia
speciesvicariana

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.

Murchisonia vicariana Whidborne 1892
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-06 08:12:42
Modified: 2009-09-24 16:06:01
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Givetian or 387.95000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31United Kingdom (England) Murchisonia vicariana (type locality: 154672)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Murchisonia vicariana (38358)