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Murchisonia (Ostioma)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Taxonomy
Ostioma was named by Tassell (1980) [Sepkoski's age data: D Sieg-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1199]. It is not extant. Its type is Murchisonia (Ostioma) bloomfieldia.

It was reranked as Murchisonia (Ostioma) by Tassell (1980).

It was assigned to Murchisonia by Tassell (1980); and to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Murchisonia (Ostioma) Tassell p. 22
1980Ostioma Tassell p. 22
2002Ostioma Sepkoski

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

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.

Subg. †Murchisonia (Ostioma) Tassell 1980
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Ostioma albanica Tassell 1980
Ostioma bloomfieldia Tassell 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-06 08:12:42
Modified: 2009-09-24 16:06:01
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Emsian or 410.80000 to 393.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Australia (Victoria) Murchisonia albanica (40360)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Australia (New South Wales) Murchisonia bloomfieldia (43890)