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Murchisonia (Cheilotoma) acuta

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Taxonomy
Cerithium acutum was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Murchisonia (Cheilotoma) acuta by Kittl (1891).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. dowlingi, M. hibernica, M. scrabiculatus, M. turritelloides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Cerithium acutum Munster p. 122 figs. Pl 12, fig 37
1841Cerithium acutum Münster p. 122 figs. Pl 12, fig 37
1891Murchisonia (Cheilotoma) acuta Kittl p. 219 figs. Pl 3, figs 24,25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyMurchisonioidea()
familyMurchisoniidae
genusMurchisonia
subgenusCheilotoma(Koken 1889)
speciesacuta()

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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