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Murchisonia vicariana

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia vicariana was named by Whidborne (1892). It is not extant. Its type locality is Chudleigh, North Devon, which is in a Givetian carbonate limestone in the Lummaton Shell Bed Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Murchisonia vicariana Whidborne
2001Murchisonia vicariana Heidelberger pp. 151 - 152 figs. pl. 14 f. 15-16; pl. 15 f. 1
2023Murchisonia vicariana Wagner p. 2635

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

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 vicariana Whidborne 1892
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Diagnosis
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