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Hormotoma cassina

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia cassina was named by Whitfield (1897). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Hormotoma cassina by Stauffer (1937), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Murchisonia cassina Whitfield pp. 179 - 180 figs. pl. 4 f. 7
1937Hormotoma cassina Stauffer p. 57 figs. pl. 10 f. 6, 10
2023Hormotoma cassina Wagner p. 5021

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

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 cassina Whitfield 1897
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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, Hendy 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Cassinian or 483.40000 to 471.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (Minnesota) Hormotoma cassina (56647)