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Ostioma bloomfieldia

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia (Ostioma) bloomfieldia was named by Tassell (1980). Its type specimen is P47532, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Receptaculites Limestone, Taemas, 20 kilometers southwest of Yass, which is in an Emsian marine limestone in the Taemas Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Ostioma.

It was recombined as Ostioma bloomfieldia by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Murchisonia (Ostioma) bloomfieldia Tassell p. 23 figs. pl. 1 f. 1-7
2023Ostioma bloomfieldia Wagner p. 2992

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

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.

Ostioma bloomfieldia Tassell 1980
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Diagnosis
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