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Coelocaulus longispira

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia longispira was named by Hall (1852). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Eurypterid-associated biota of the dolomite of the Lockport Fmn. at Elora, Ont., which is in a Ludlow open shallow subtidal dolomite in the Guelph Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Coelocaulus longispira by Ulrich and Scofield (1897).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Murchisonia longispira Hall p. 345 figs. pl. 83 f. 2a-b
1872Murchisonia longispira Nicholson p. 546 figs. pl. 26 f. 11-12
1897Coelocaulus longispira Ulrich and Scofield p. 1020

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

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.

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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: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-06 07:31:18
Modified: 2009-06-06 09:31:18
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: Gorstian or 426.70000 to 425.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Canada (Ontario) Murchisonia longispira (155012)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Canada (Ontario) Murchisonia longispira (14196 154346 155723)