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Cyrtostropha coralli

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma coralli was named by de Sowerby and Murchison (1839) [de Sowerby in Murchison 1839]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Larden, Much Wenlock, which is in a Ludfordian carbonate limestone in the Aymestry Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Murchisonia (Cyrtostropha).

It was recombined as Murchisonia (Cyrtostropha) coralli by Donald (1902); it was recombined as Murchisonia coralli by Knight et al. (1960), Wagner (1999); it was recombined as Cyrtostropha coralli by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Pleurotoma coralli de Sowerby and Murchison p. 612 figs. pl. 5 f. 28
1902Murchisonia (Cyrtostropha) coralli Donald pp. 322 - 324 figs. pl. 7 f. 5-6
1960Murchisonia coralli Knight et al. p. 291
1999Murchisonia coralli Wagner
2023Cyrtostropha coralli Wagner p. 1382

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyMurchisonioidea()
familyMurchisoniidae
genusCyrtostropha()
speciescoralli()

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.

†Cyrtostropha coralli de Sowerby and Murchison 1839
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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
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-06 08:12:14
Modified: 2009-06-06 10:12:14
Source: subg = subgenus, f = family, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Ludfordian to the top of the Whitcliffe or 425.00000 to 419.62000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7United Kingdom (England) Murchisonia coralli (156587)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7United Kingdom Pleurotoma coralli (156548)
Whitcliffe421.3 - 419.62United Kingdom (England) Murchisonia coralli (156545)