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Murchisonia (Murchisonia) conveximarginata

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia (Murchisonia) conveximarginata was named by Wang (1980). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lanba Section Tc-12, Shuicheng County, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal limestone/siltstone in the Longtan Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Murchisonia (Murchisonia) conveximarginata Wang p. 219 figs. Pl 8, fig 10

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

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
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: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guizhou) Murchisonia conveximarginata (type locality: 119944)