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Deacheospira hotzi

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Taxonomy
Mourlonia hotzi was named by Rohr (1980). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM 18128. Small outcrops in brush, slightly south of top of ridge, 4550’ elev, which is in a Llandeilo carbonate limestone/conglomerate in the Kangaroo Creek Formation of California.

It was recombined as Deacheospira hotzi by Wagner (1999), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Mourlonia hotzi Rohr
1999Deacheospira hotzi Wagner
2023Deacheospira hotzi Wagner p. 1391

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyCoelozoninae
genusDeacheospira
specieshotzi()

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.

Deacheospira hotzi Rohr 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ribbing: minorf
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-06-11 17:54:14
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:12:49
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Llandeilo to the top of the Kukruse or 461.10000 to 456.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2USA (California) Mourlonia hotzi (type locality: 56190)
Kukruse458.0 - 456.8Sweden (Södermanland) Pleurorima sp. (84866)