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Hormotoma oehlerti

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Taxonomy
Coelocaulus oehlerti was named by Ulrich and Scofield (1897) [Coelocaulus Å“hlerti Ulrich & Scofield 1897]. It is not extant.

It was recombined as Michelia oehlerti by Sloan and Webers (1987); it was recombined as Hormotoma oehlerti by Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Coelocaulus oehlerti Ulrich and Scofield
1923Coelocaulus oehlerti Foerste p. 80
1980Coelocaulus oehlerti Rohr p. 189
1987Michelia oehlerti Sloan and Webers
2023Hormotoma oehlerti Wagner p. S3944

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyMurchisonioidea()
familyHormotomidae
genusHormotoma()
speciesoehlerti()

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.

Hormotoma oehlerti Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yessubg
Adult length: 10 to < 100subg
Adult width: 10 to < 100subg
Adult height: 10 to < 100subg
Folds: nonesubg
Ribbing: minorsubg
Spines: nonesubg
Internal reinforcement: nonesubg
Locomotion: actively mobilesubg
Life habit: epifaunalsubg
Diet: herbivoresubg
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2004-10-20 01:59:43
Modified: 2004-10-20 03:59:43
Source: subg = subgenus, o = order
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: Edenian or 451.00000 to 450.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) Michelia oehlerti (23588 23597)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) Michelia oehlerti (23678 23679 23680)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Michelia oehlerti (23603)