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Murchisonia (Murchisonia) treponema

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia treponema was named by Whidborne (1892). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wolborough Quarry, on the east side of the A381 due east of Wolborough church, which is in a Givetian carbonate limestone in the Torquay Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Murchisonia (Murchisonia) treponema by Linsley (1968).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Murchisonia treponema Whidborne pp. 315 - 316 figs. pl. 30 f. 16, 16a
1968Murchisonia (Murchisonia) treponema Linsley p. 420
2001Murchisonia treponema Heidelberger p. 157

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

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.

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Diagnosis
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