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Murchisonia anderdoniae

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia (Murchisonia) anderdoniae was named by Linsley (1968) [= ?Solenospira extenuatum Grabau & Sherzer 1910 p. 176 pl. 16 f. 7 = Ectomaria extenuata Bassler 1915 p. 472 non Murchisonia extenuatum Hall 1860b]. It is not extant.

It was recombined as Murchisonia anderdoniae by Linsley and Kesling (1982), Blodgett et al. (1999) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Hormotoma tricarinata Grabau and Sherzer p. 175 figs. pl. 25 f. 3-4
1910Hormotoma tricarinata Sherzer and Grabau
1968Murchisonia (Murchisonia) anderdoniae Linsley pp. 421 - 423 figs. pl. 32 f. 4a-f; ?pl. 32 f. 5
1982Murchisonia anderdoniae Linsley and Kesling p. 1088 figs. pl. 1 f. 34-35
1999Murchisonia anderdoniae Blodgett et al. p. 1095
2023Murchisonia anderdoniae Wagner p. 2757

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

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.

Murchisonia anderdoniae Linsley 1968
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Invalid names: Murchisonia tricarinata Sherzer and Grabau 1910 [replaced]
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: base of the Emsian to the top of the Eifelian or 407.60000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian407.6 - 393.3USA (Ohio) Hormotoma tricarinata (604)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Ohio) Murchisonia anderdoniae (102525)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Canada (Ontario) Murchisonia anderdoniae (102528)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Michigan) Hormotoma tricarinata (184019) Murchisonia anderdoniae (102527)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (Illinois) Murchisonia anderdoniae (24285)