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Cyrtostropha monoliniformis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia monoliniformis was named by Lindström (1884). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Burgsvik, which is in a Ludfordian marine sandstone/limestone in the Burgsvik Beds Formation of Sweden.

It was recombined as Hormotoma moniliformis by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); it was recombined as Hormotoma monoliniformis by Kurushin (1986); it was recombined as Coelocaulus monoliniformis by Wagner (1999); it was recombined as Cyrtostropha monoliniformis by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Murchisonia monoliniformis Lindström p. 128 figs. pl. 12 f. 5-6
1897Hormotoma moniliformis Ulrich and Scofield p. 1014
1986Hormotoma monoliniformis Kurushin p. 111 figs. pl. 6 f. 8
1999Coelocaulus monoliniformis Wagner p. 45
2023Cyrtostropha monoliniformis Wagner p. S1872

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

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 monoliniformis Lindström 1884
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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
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 Rhuddanian to the top of the Ludfordian or 443.40000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.4 - 438.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Hormotoma moniliformis (206542 206543 206560)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Sweden (Gotland) Murchisonia monoliniformis (13533)