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Murchisonellidae

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Murchisonellidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonellidae was named by Casey (1904). It is extant.

It was assigned to Pyramidelloidea by Schulbert and Nützel (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Murchisonellidae Casey
1994Ebalidae Bandel
1997Ebalidae Nützel and Kiessling
2001Ebalidae Todd
2013Murchisonellidae Schulbert and Nützel p. 761

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderHeterostropha()
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
—TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
—PanpulmonataJörger et al. 2010
superorderPylopulmonataTeasdale 2017
superfamilyPyramidelloidea(Gray 1840)
familyMurchisonellidaeCasey 1904
familyMurchisonellidaeCasey 1904

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.

Fm. Murchisonellidae Casey 1904
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G. †Falsoebala Gründel 1998
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†Falsoebala urdatica Grundel et al. 2007
G. †Hummelgauia Schulbert and Nützel 2013
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†Hummelgauia microstriata Schulbert and Nützel 2013
Invalid names: Ebalidae Bandel 1994 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:34:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:34:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Julian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 235.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 232.0 Ma

Collections (50 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy Ebala cassiana (164191)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Ebala cassiana (38164)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Germany (Bavaria) Falsoebala liassica (25502)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Germany Falsoebala sp. (152175)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Germany Falsoebala costata, Falsoebala urdatica (75984)
Early/Lower Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Germany Falsoebala costata (58216)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Poland Falsoebala hiltermanni (58286)
Bathonian - Callovian168.3 - 163.5Germany Falsoebala procera (58247 58260 58327 58336 58357 58374 58384 58398 58414)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Germany Falsoebala compacta (58244 58348) Falsoebala compacta, Falsoebala procera (58251) Falsoebala procera (58203)
Early/Lower Callovian - Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Poland Falsoebala compacta, Falsoebala procera (58261) Falsoebala procera (58264)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Poland Ebala varsoviensis (63064)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Poland (Lodzkie) Ebala sp. (64855)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Drôme) Falsoebala sp. (75576) Falsoebala sp. 1 – sp. 5 (177726)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Germany Ebala sp. (74484)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium Ebala rutoti (22931)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Denmark Ebala sp. (35265 35267)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Anisocycla scalarina, Murchisonella emarginata (3266)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Ebala scalarina (8124)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Belgium Ebala bezanconi (111371 111373)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Murchisonella bezanconi, Ebala carinata, Ebala bezanconi (74861)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Ebala vandervlerki (62884)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Ebala vandervlerki (62940)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Ebala vandervlerki (61897 61902 61904 61905 61906 62885)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Italy Ebala pointeli (207782)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Italy Ebala roeri (78335)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Chemnitzia nitidissima (84755)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) Anisocycla sp. (79988 79989)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium Anisocycla nitidissima (179048)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Ebala sp. (49518)