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Pharetrolites murchisoni

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon murchisoni was named by de Ferrusac and d'Orbigny (1840) [d’Orbigny in ]. It is not extant.

It was recombined as Temnodiscus murchisoni by Reed (1921); it was recombined as Pharetrolites murchisoni by Peel (1977), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Bellerophon murchisoni de Ferrusac and d'Orbigny p. 210 figs. pl. 7 f. 1-3
1921Temnodiscus murchisoni Reed pp. 49 - 51 figs. pl. 28 f. 7-8
1977Pharetrolites murchisoni Peel pp. 12 - 14 figs. pl. 1 f. 21-24, 26-29
2023Pharetrolites murchisoni Wagner p. 4003

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
superfamilyTropidodiscoidea
familyTropidodiscidae()
subfamilyTemnodiscinae
genusPharetrolites
speciesmurchisoni(de Ferrusac and d'Orbigny 1840)

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.

†Pharetrolites murchisoni de Ferrusac and d'Orbigny 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-18 08:53:22
Modified: 2009-10-11 15:09:03
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ludfordian or 425.00000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Canada (Nova Scotia) Pharetrolites murchisoni (3843)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7United Kingdom (England) Temnodiscus murchisoni (23103)