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Mesocoelia

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Murchisonia (Mesocoelia) Perner p. 113
1960Mesocoelia Knight et al. p. 293
2002Mesocoelia Sepkoski

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

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. †Mesocoelia Perner 1907
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Mesocoelia delicata Perner 1907
Mesocoelia discrepans Perner 1907
Mesocoelia gregaria Ruedemann 1916
Mesocoelia iners Perner 1907
Mesocoelia janus Perner 1907
Mesocoelia libera Perner 1907
Mesocoelia obstipisutura Linsley 1968
Mesocoelia priscum Münster 1840
Mesocoelia quarki Tassell 1982
Mesocoelia suspecta Perner 1907
Mesocoelia terebrans Perner 1907
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 mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-11 18:05:26
Modified: 2009-09-21 12:43:21
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Gorstian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 426.70000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (California) Loxonema prisca (229254)
Homerian - Gorstian430.6 - 425.0USA (New York) Hormotoma gregaria (26867)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Czechia (Hlavni města Praha) Murchisonia delicata (104940)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Czechia (Bohemia) Murchisonia suspecta (106272)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Czechia Murchisonia discrepans, Murchisonia janus, Murchisonia suspecta (144741)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (California) M. janus (79735)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Czechia (Praha) Murchisonia discrepans, Murchisonia iners, Murchisonia libera, Murchisonia terebrans (155864)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62USA (New York) Hormotoma gregaria (491)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Australia (New South Wales) M. quarki (43890)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47China (Nei Mongol) M. sp. (49135)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Michigan) Loxonema priscum (128912) M. obstipisutura (102527)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Ohio) M. obstipisutura (102525)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Canada (Manitoba) Loxonema priscum (56461 106309 106311)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31United Kingdom (England) Loxonema priscum (129878 130270)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Germany (Rhenish Massif) Loxonema prisca (5960)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86United Kingdom (England) Loxonema priscum (38143)