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Hormotoma

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Hormotoma Salter
1859Murchisonia (Hormotoma) Salter p. 22
1897Murchisonia (Hormotoma) Ulrich and Scofield
1938Murchisonia (Hormotoma) Wenz p. 39
1960Hormotoma Knight et al. p. 291
2002Murchisonia (Hormotoma) Sepkoski
2005Murchisonia (Hormotoma) Bouchet et al. p. 90
2023Hormotoma Wagner p. G323

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

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. †Hormotoma Salter 1859
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†Hormotoma aculeata Billings 1866
†Hormotoma acuminata Parks 1915
†Hormotoma agilis Billings 1865
†Hormotoma altesinuata Koken and Perner 1925
†Hormotoma amii McLearn 1924
†Hormotoma anna Billings 1859
†Hormotoma antiqua Peel 1977
†Hormotoma artemesia Billings 1865
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Invalid names: Hormotoma powellensis Cullison 1944 [synonym]
†Hormotoma articulata Murchison 1839
†Hormotoma bilineata Flower 1968
†Hormotoma bistriata Clarke and Swartz 1913
†Hormotoma cassina Whitfield 1897
†Hormotoma centervillensis Foerste 1923
†Hormotoma concinnus Horný 1952
†Hormotoma confusa Whitfield 1889
†Hormotoma cotterensis Cullison 1944
†Hormotoma doquieri Grabau 1922
†Hormotoma dubia Cullison 1944
†Hormotoma dubia Donald 1899
†Hormotoma exilis d'Eichwald 1860
†Hormotoma fascinata Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Hormotoma funata Billings 1866
†Hormotoma gigantea Billings 1857
†Hormotoma gracilens Whitfield 1889
†Hormotoma gracilis Hall 1847
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†Hormotoma gracilis goodhuensis Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Hormotoma gracilis multivolvis Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Hormotoma gracilis sublaxa Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Hormotoma gracillima Murchison 1859
†Hormotoma grayiana Donald 1899
†Hormotoma hyale Billings 1865
†Hormotoma inceptor Longstaff 1909
†Hormotoma insignis d'Eichwald 1860
†Hormotoma latifasciatum Etheridge 1878
†Hormotoma lutiensis Cullison 1944
†Hormotoma meryenorfi Koken 1897
†Hormotoma meyendorfi Koken 1897
†Hormotoma minnesotensis Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Hormotoma moderata Flower 1968
†Hormotoma multivolvis Billings 1857
†Hormotoma neglecta Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Hormotoma nigra Longstaff 1924
†Hormotoma oehlerti Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Hormotoma ordovix Donald 1902
†Hormotoma piperi Donald 1899
†Hormotoma polita Donald 1902
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Invalid names: Turritoma pinguis Donald 1902 [synonym]
†Hormotoma prava Whitfield 1886
†Hormotoma robusta Donald 1902
†Hormotoma rudis d'Eichwald 1860
†Hormotoma scrobiculata Koken 1897
†Hormotoma simplex Wilson 1932
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Invalid names: Hormotoma infrequens Billings 1859 [synonym]
†Hormotoma striatula Longstaff 1924
†Hormotoma subangulata Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Hormotoma tenuifilosa Donald 1906
†Hormotoma teretiformis Billings 1857
†Hormotoma vesta Billings 1865
†Hormotoma wilsoni Okulitch 1935
†Hormotoma winnipegensis Whiteaves 1897
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: actively mobilesubg
Life habit: epifaunalsubg
Diet: suspension feedersubg
Vision: limitedo
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Knight et al. (1960).subg
Created: 2009-06-06 07:32:58
Modified: 2009-09-24 16:06:23
Source: subg = subgenus, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Tulean to the top of the Middle Devonian or 480.80000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections (390 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (Hebei) H. doquieri (222590)
Migneintian485.4 - 478.6USA (Missouri) H. gracilis (50204)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (Vermont) Murchisonia confusa (154943) Murchisonia gracilens (154942)
Stairsian485.4 - 478.6USA (New York) Plethospira bilineata (289)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7Greenland H. sp. (181518)
Stairsian - Tulean485.4 - 474.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Murchisonia gracillima (188696)
Early/Lower Ordovician485.4 - 470.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen H. sp. (212592 212593)
Early/Lower Ordovician485.4 - 470.0USA (Texas) H. sp. (283 293)
Early/Lower Ordovician485.4 - 470.0USA (New York) H. sp. (290)
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0USA (Texas) H. sp. (56489 80088)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0China (Yunnan) H. kutsingensis (56660)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0China (Sichuan) H. sp. (27881)
Ludlow - Pridoli427.4 - 419.2USA (West Virginia) H. rowei (41628 41630 41634 41716 41721 41723) H. sp. (41720)
Ludlow - Pridoli427.4 - 419.2USA (Maryland) H. rowei (41145 41149 41646 41647)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0United Kingdom (England) H. piperi (156587)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Canada (Nova Scotia) Murchisonia antigonishensis (3843)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Canada (Northwest Territories) H. sp. (498)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (Maryland) H. sp. (488 489 490 24914 24916 24917)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (New York) H. sp. (493 542)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (New York) H. micula (91250)