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Ostioma bloomfieldia

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia (Ostioma) bloomfieldia was named by Tassell (1980). Its type specimen is P47532, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Receptaculites Limestone, Taemas, 20 kilometers southwest of Yass, which is in an Emsian marine limestone in the Taemas Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Ostioma.

It was recombined as Ostioma bloomfieldia by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Murchisonia (Ostioma) bloomfieldia Tassell p. 23 figs. pl. 1 f. 1-7
2023Ostioma bloomfieldia Wagner p. 2992

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

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.

Ostioma bloomfieldia Tassell 1980
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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: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: Emsian or 410.62000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Australia (New South Wales) Murchisonia bloomfieldia (type locality: 43890)