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Murchisonia holynensis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia (Murchisonia) holynensis was named by Frýda and Manda (1997) [Murchisonia (Murchisonia) holynensis Frýda & Manda 1997]. It is not extant. Its type locality is Holyně Section in small quarry NE of Holyně and W of the Prastav Quarr, which is in an Eifelian carbonate limestone in the Daleje-Trebotov Formation of the Czech Republic.

It was recombined as Murchisonia holynensis by Heidelberger (2001) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Murchisonia (Murchisonia) holynensis Frýda and Manda pp. 80 - 81 figs. pl. 7 f. 5-7
1999Murchisonia (Murchisonia) holynensis Frýda p. 143 figs. f. 3.4-3.5
2001Murchisonia holynensis Heidelberger p. 154
2023Murchisonia holynensis Wagner p. 3419

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

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 holynensis Frýda and Manda 1997
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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: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Eifelian or 410.80000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic Murchisonia holynensis (153832)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Czech Republic (Praha) Murchisonia holynensis (type locality: 49232)