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Murchisonia subulata

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Taxonomy
Loxonema subulata was named by Conrad (1842). It is not extant. Its type locality is river bed immediately downstream from the Four Mile Dam on Thunder Bay River, which is in a Givetian carbonate limestone in the Four Mile Dam Formation of Michigan.

It was recombined as Murchisonia subulata by Hall (1852); it was recombined as Holopella subulata by Foerste (1893); it was recombined as Hormotoma subulata by Foerste (1923), Northrop (1939) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Loxonema subulata Conrad
1852Murchisonia subulata Hall pp. 91 - 92 figs. pl. 28 f. 7a-d
1866Loxonema subulata Winchell and Marcy p. 83
1893Holopella subulata Foerste p. 556 figs. pl. 30 f. 21
1923Hormotoma subulata Foerste pp. 81 - 82
1939Hormotoma subulata Northrop pp. 209 - 210
2023Hormotoma subulata Wagner p. S1581

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

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 subulata Conrad 1842
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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 Rhuddanian to the top of the Wenlock or 443.40000 to 427.40000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhuddanian443.4 - 440.8Canada (Ontario) Hormotoma subulata (447 173184 173185 173218 173222)
Rhuddanian443.4 - 440.8Canada (Québec) Hormotoma subulata (172904 172905)
Alexandrian443.4 - 436.0USA (Ohio) Loxonema subulata (172895)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (Indiana) Hormotoma subulata (13291)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Canada (Ontario) Hormotoma sp. (444 446)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (New York) Hormotoma sp. (443 445) Hormotoma subulata (77051 77052 77054 77081)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5USA (New York) Hormotoma subulata (81833 81865 81869)
Aeronian - Telychian440.8 - 433.4USA (Georgia) Hormotoma subulata (164677)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4USA (New York) Hormotoma subulata (77053 81909 82554 83097)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (New York) Hormotoma subulata (81813)