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Murchisonia
Taxonomy
Murchisonia was named by d'Archiac and de Verneuil (1841) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl-l P Dora Sepkoski's reference number: 1130,1197]. Its type is Turritella bilineata. It is the type genus of Murchisoniidae, Murchisoniacea.
It was reranked as Holopella (Murchisonia) by Murchison (1854); it was reranked as Pleurotomaria (Murchisonia) by Hall (1856); it was reranked as Bembexia (Murchisonia) by Lawson (1955).
It was assigned to Holopella by Murchison (1854); to Pleurotomaria by Hall (1856); to Bembexia by Lawson (1955); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Murchisoniidae by Knight et al. (1960), Bouchet et al. (2005) and Wagner (2023).
It was reranked as Holopella (Murchisonia) by Murchison (1854); it was reranked as Pleurotomaria (Murchisonia) by Hall (1856); it was reranked as Bembexia (Murchisonia) by Lawson (1955).
It was assigned to Holopella by Murchison (1854); to Pleurotomaria by Hall (1856); to Bembexia by Lawson (1955); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Murchisoniidae by Knight et al. (1960), Bouchet et al. (2005) and Wagner (2023).
Species
Goniostropha bachelieri, Goniostropha chapmani, Goniostropha extenuata, M. (Cheilotoma), M. (Goniospira), M. (Goniostropha) turriculata, M. (Murchisonia), M. (Ostioma), M. aciculata, M. akidota, M. allevata, M. anderdoniae (syn. M. tricarinata), M. anglica, M. angulata, M. angustetaeniata, M. archiaci, M. arctica, M. auctor, M. basalestriata, M. bassensis, M. biarmica, M. bilineata, M. brevis (syn. Pleurotomaria bilineata), M. cambria, M. cicela, M. concava, M. conradi, M. convexa, M. declivisdiot, M. deflexa, M. defrancei, M. delagei, M. deludisubzona, M. dornapica, M. dowlingii, M. dublinensis, M. dudleyensis, M. eichwaldi, M. elegans, M. fornicata, M. fusiformis (syn. M. josepha, M. humboldtiana), M. gourvenneci, M. gracilicrista, M. gracilis, M. gubleri, M. hebe, M. hercynica, M. holynensis, M. intercedens, M. intermedia, M. jackjelli, M. kanekoi, M. kirchnera, M. laphami, M. lawlessi, M. leda, M. liufengshanensis, M. lochkoviensis, M. lohrheimi, M. margaritata, M. marri, M. megathanae, M. micula, M. minuta, M. mylitta, M. nerinea, M. obesa, M. obtusangula, M. oegensis, M. oehlerti, M. ordovicia, M. padangensis, M. paeckelmanni, M. pagodeformis, M. petila, M. placida, M. pleurotomarioides, M. plumleyi, M. pragensis, M. pritchardi, M. pygmaea, M. reverdyi, M. rotundata, M. sandbergeri, M. sandbergi, M. selenalta, M. sera, M. sibleyensis, M. similis, M. sphaerulata, M. steltenbergensis, M. subcarinata, M. subeuglypha, M. subornata, M. subulata, M. taltiensis, M. tenuissima, M. tillesae, M. timorensis, M. tricincta, M. trilineata, M. turbinata, M. turriformis, M. turris, M. vicariana, M. vincta, M. wandovalensis, M. xanthippe, M. zimmermanni
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1841 | Murchisonia d'Archiac and de Verneuil |
| 1854 | Holopella (Murchisonia) Murchison pp. 88, 194, 489 |
| 1856 | Pleurotomaria (Murchisonia) Hall p. 26 |
| 1888 | Goniostropha Oehlert and Oehlert |
| 1907 | Murchisonia (Goniostropha) Perner p. 122 |
| 1955 | Bembexia (Murchisonia) Lawson |
| 1960 | Murchisonia Knight et al. p. 291 |
| 2002 | Murchisonia Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Murchisonia Bouchet et al. p. 43 |
| 2023 | Murchisonia Wagner p. G345 |
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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. †Murchisonia d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841
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Subg. †Murchisonia (Cheilotoma) Koken 1889
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†Cheilotoma blumi Wissmann 1841
†Murchisonia (Cheilotoma) acuta Münster 1841
†Murchisonia (Cheilotoma) bipunctata Münster 1841
†Murchisonia (Cheilotoma) calosoma Laube 1868
†Murchisonia (Cheilotoma) hungarica Kittl 1900
†Murchisonia (Cheilotoma) obtusa Klipstein 1843
†Murchisonia (Cheilotoma) subgranulata Klipstein 1843
†Murchisonia (Cheilotoma) tristriata Münster 1841
Subg. †Murchisonia (Murchisonia) d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841
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†Murchisonia (Murchisonia) conveximarginata Wang 1980
†Murchisonia (Murchisonia) densilineata Wang 1980
†Murchisonia (Murchisonia) subulata Tyler 1965
†Murchisonia (Murchisonia) treponema Whidborne 1892
Subg. †Murchisonia (Ostioma) Tassell 1980
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†Ostioma albanica Tassell 1980
†Ostioma bloomfieldia Tassell 1980
†Murchisonia aciculata Hall 1860
†Murchisonia akidota Linsley 1968
†Murchisonia allevata Perner 1907
†Murchisonia anderdoniae Linsley 1968
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Invalid names: Murchisonia tricarinata Sherzer and Grabau 1910 [replaced]
†Murchisonia anglica d'Orbigny 1850
†Murchisonia angulata von Schlotheim 1820
†Murchisonia angustetaeniata Paeckelmann 1922
†Murchisonia archiaci Paeckelmann 1922
†Murchisonia arctica Tolmachoff 1930
†Murchisonia auctor Mawson et al. 2002
†Murchisonia basalestriata Heidelberger 2001
†Murchisonia bassensis Tassell 1978
†Murchisonia biarmica Kutorga 1842
†Murchisonia bilineata Dechen 1832
†Murchisonia brevis Roemer 1856
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Invalid names: Pleurotomaria bilineata Sandberger and Sandberger 1853 [replaced]
†Murchisonia cambria Donald 1905
†Murchisonia cicela Billings 1865
†Murchisonia concava Spitz 1907
†Murchisonia conradi Hall 1868
†Murchisonia convexa Spitz 1907
†Murchisonia declivisdiot Perner 1903
†Murchisonia deflexa Lindström 1884
†Murchisonia defrancei d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842
†Murchisonia delagei Munier-Chalmas 1876
†Murchisonia deludisubzona Linsley 1968
†Murchisonia dornapica Heidelberger and Amler 2002
†Murchisonia dowlingii Whiteaves 1892
†Murchisonia dublinensis Stauffer 1909
†Murchisonia dudleyensis Donald 1902
†Murchisonia eichwaldi Koken 1889
†Murchisonia elegans Sollas 1879
†Murchisonia fornicata Spitz 1907
†Murchisonia fusiformis Phillips 1836
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Invalid names: Murchisonia humboldtiana de Koninck 1844 [synonym], Murchisonia josepha Goldfuss 1844 [synonym]
†Murchisonia gourvenneci Blodgett et al. 2003
†Murchisonia gracilicrista Linsley 1968
†Murchisonia gracilis Goldfuss 1844
†Murchisonia gubleri Delpey 1941
†Murchisonia hebe Billings 1874
†Murchisonia hercynica Römer 1843
†Murchisonia holynensis Frýda and Manda 1997
†Murchisonia intercedens Hall 1879
†Murchisonia intermedia Stauffer 1909
†Murchisonia jackjelli Cook 1997
†Murchisonia kanekoi Kase and Nishida 1986
†Murchisonia kirchnera Heidelberger 2001
†Murchisonia laphami Hall 1860
†Murchisonia lawlessi Cook and Camilleri 1997
†Murchisonia leda Hall 1861
†Murchisonia liufengshanensis Cook and Pan 2004
†Murchisonia lochkoviensis Frýda and Manda 1997
†Murchisonia lohrheimi Heidelberger 2001
†Murchisonia margaritata Lotz 1900
†Murchisonia marri Donald 1895
†Murchisonia megathanae Blodgett and Johnson 1992
†Murchisonia micula Miller 1877
†Murchisonia minuta Grabau and Sherzer 1910
†Murchisonia mylitta Billings 1865
†Murchisonia nerinea Sandberger and Sandberger 1855
†Murchisonia obesa Whidborne 1892
†Murchisonia obtusangula Lindström 1884
†Murchisonia oegensis Heidelberger and Koch 2005
†Murchisonia oehlerti Blodgett et al. 1999
†Murchisonia ordovicia Yü 1961
†Murchisonia padangensis Fliegel 1901
†Murchisonia paeckelmanni Heidelberger and Koch 2005
†Murchisonia pagodeformis Kirchner 1915
†Murchisonia petila Hall and Whitfield 1872
†Murchisonia placida Billings 1865
†Murchisonia pleurotomarioides Mansuy 1912
†Murchisonia plumleyi Blodgett 1992
†Murchisonia pragensis Frýda and Manda 1997
†Murchisonia pritchardi Etheridge 1898
†Murchisonia pygmaea Rowley 1895
†Murchisonia reverdyi Oehlert 1877
†Murchisonia rotundata Spitz 1907
†Murchisonia sandbergeri Paeckelmann 1922
†Murchisonia sandbergi Paeckelmann 1922
†Murchisonia selenalta Heidelberger 2001
†Murchisonia sera Böhm 1895
†Murchisonia sibleyensis Linsley 1968
†Murchisonia similis Trenkner 1868
†Murchisonia sphaerulata Donald 1887
†Murchisonia steltenbergensis Heidelberger and Koch 2005
†Murchisonia steltenbergensis monocincta Heidelberger and Koch 2005
†Murchisonia subcarinata Sherzer and Grabau 1910
†Murchisonia subeuglypha Krumbeck 1924
†Murchisonia subornata de Koninck 1883
†Murchisonia subulata Conrad 1842
†Murchisonia taltiensis Tschernischeff 1893
†Murchisonia tenuissima Donald 1887
†Murchisonia tillesae Blodgett and Johnson 1992
†Murchisonia timorensis Krumbeck 1924
†Murchisonia tricincta d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842
†Murchisonia trilineata Sandberger and Sandberger 1854
†Murchisonia turbinata Bronn 1856
†Murchisonia turriformis Grünberg 1927
†Murchisonia turris de Koninck 1876
†Murchisonia vicariana Whidborne 1892
†Murchisonia vincta Hall 1856
†Murchisonia wandovalensis Cook and Camilleri 1997
†Murchisonia xanthippe Billings 1865
†Murchisonia zimmermanni Heidelberger and Koch 2005
Invalid names: Goniostropha Oehlert and Oehlert 1888 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| shell height | 3 | 12.7 | 10.9 | 16.5 | 11.3 | 3.12 |
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| References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Cassinian to the top of the Hauterivian or 482.30000 to 129.40000 Ma
Collections (222 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Cassinian | USA (Missouri) | Murchisonia indet. (75519) | |
| Cassinian | United Kingdom (Scotland) | M. sp. (75589) | |
| Cassinian | Canada (Newfoundland) | M. sp. (195784) | |
| Whiterockian | USA (Nevada) | M. sp. (104463) | |
| Late/Upper Ordovician | Germany | M. sp. (214069) | |
| Turinian | Canada (British Columbia) | M. sp. (192179 192184 192195) | |
| Chatfieldian | USA (Kentucky) | M. sp. (34561) | |
| Richmondian | USA (Iowa) | M. sp. (13204 13260) | |
| Ashgill | USA (Alaska) | M. sp. (113018) | |
| Rawtheyan | United Kingdom (Wales) | M. sp. (8370) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
| Changhsingian | China (Guizhou) | M. densilineata (112096 112097) M. sp. (108549) | |
| Triassic | USA (Alaska) | M. sp. (112298) | |
| Spathian | China (Qinghai) | M. sp. (122301) | |
| Anisian | Bosnia and Herzegovina | M. sp. (206730) | |
| Anisian | Indonesia (Timor) | M. sp. (205308) | |
| Pelsonian | Hungary (Bakony) | M. hungarica (203218) | |
| Ladinian | Italy | M. sera (138255 138256) | |
| Carnian - Norian | Indonesia (Timor) | M. timorensis (205174) M. timorensis, M. subeuglypha (205303) | |
| Julian | Italy | Cerithium acutum, Trochus tristriatus, Trochus bipunctatus, Pleurotoma blumi (137429) M. acuta, M. subgranulata, M. calosoma, M. tristriata (144631) Pleurotomaria obtusa (145649) | |
| Hauterivian | Switzerland | Pleurotomaria defrancii (2198) | |