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Hormotomina linsleyi

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia (Hormotomina) linsleyi was named by Fagerstrom (1961). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 2.5 mi N of Formosa, highway road cut, which is in an Eifelian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks/lime mudstone in the Amherstburg Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Hormotomina linsleyi by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Murchisonia (Hormotomina) linsleyi Fagerstrom pp. 37-38 figs. pl. 12 f. 30
1968Murchisonia (Hormotomina) linsleyi Linsley p. 430
1999Murchisonia (Hormotomina) linsleyi Blodgett et al. p. 1096
2023Hormotomina linsleyi Wagner p. 3571

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

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.

Hormotomina linsleyi Fagerstrom 1961
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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
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: Eifelian or 393.30000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Canada (Ontario) Murchisonia linsleyi (type locality: 3845)