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Murchisonia obtusangula

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia obtusangula was named by Lindström (1884). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Hormotoma obtusangula by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); it was recombined as Hormotoma obtusangulata by Grabau and Sherzer (1910); it was misspelled as Murchisonia obtusangulata by Baarli et al. (1999) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Murchisonia obtusangula Lindström p. 128 figs. pl. 12 f. 7, not pl. 12 f. 11-12
1897Hormotoma obtusangula Ulrich and Scofield p. 1014
1910Hormotoma obtusangulata Grabau and Sherzer p. 174
1999Murchisonia obtusangulata Baarli et al.
2023Murchisonia obtusangula Wagner p. S1875

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

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 obtusangula Lindström 1884
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available