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Catazone nevadana

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia (Murchisonia) nevadana was named by Blodgett and Johnson (1992). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM 10807. 3 miles N & W of Roberts Creek Ranch, Roberts Mountains, which is in an Eifelian marine packstone in the Denay Limestone Formation of Nevada.

It was recombined as Catazone nevadana by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Murchisonia (Murchisonia) nevadana Blodgett and Johnson pp. 122 - 123 figs. pl. 16 f. 1-3
2023Catazone nevadana Wagner

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

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.

Catazone nevadana Blodgett and Johnson 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-11 17:59:24
Modified: 2009-06-11 19:59:24
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Cazenovian to the top of the Eifelian or 391.90000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Nevada) Murchisonia nevadana (type locality: 3830)
Cazenovian391.9 - 383.7USA (New York) Murchisonia sp. (69461)