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Hormotomina

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Taxonomy
Hormotomina was named by Grabau and Shimer (1909) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi D Give Sepkoski's reference number: 362]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Murchisonia (Hormotomina) by Knight et al. (1960).

It was assigned to Murchisonia by Knight et al. (1960); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Hormotomidae by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Hormotomina Grabau and Shimer
1960Murchisonia (Hormotomina) Knight et al. p. 291
2002Hormotomina Sepkoski
2023Hormotomina Wagner p. G324

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

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.

G. †Hormotomina Grabau and Shimer 1909
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Hormotomina fiacrensis Blodgett et al. 1999
Hormotomina linsleyi Fagerstrom 1961
Hormotomina maia Hall 1861
Hormotomina penduliobesa Linsley 1968
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-11 17:59:24
Modified: 2009-06-11 19:59:24
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Middle Givetian or 410.62000 to 383.40000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Australia (Victoria) Murchisonia sp. (49108)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Michigan) Murchisonia penduliobesa (102527)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Ohio) Murchisonia maia (129948 130152 130260)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Canada (Ontario) Murchisonia linsleyi (3845) Murchisonia penduliobesa (102528)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4France (Brittany) H. fiacrensis (5922)