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Hormotoma multivolvis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia multivolvis was named by Billings (1857). It is not a trace fossil.

It was misspelled as Hormotoma mulivolvis by Sloan and Webers (1987); it was recombined as Hormotoma multivolvis by Twenhofel (1928), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Murchisonia multivolvis Billings p. 299
1866Murchisonia multivolvis Billings p. 18
1928Hormotoma multivolvis Twenhofel pp. 242 - 243
1987Hormotoma mulivolvis Sloan and Webers
2023Hormotoma multivolvis Wagner p. 4930

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

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 multivolvis Billings 1857
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Maysvillian or 450.20000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Hormotoma mulivolvis (23682)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Hormotoma mulivolvis (23607)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Hormotoma mulivolvis (23684)