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Cyrtostropha coralli

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma coralli was named by de Sowerby and Murchison (1839) [de Sowerby in Murchison 1839]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Larden, Much Wenlock, which is in a Ludfordian carbonate limestone in the Aymestry Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Murchisonia (Cyrtostropha).

It was recombined as Murchisonia (Cyrtostropha) coralli by Donald (1902); it was recombined as Murchisonia coralli by Knight et al. (1960) and Wagner (1999); it was recombined as Cyrtostropha coralli by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Pleurotoma coralli de Sowerby and Murchison p. 612 figs. pl. 5 f. 28
1902Murchisonia (Cyrtostropha) coralli Donald pp. 322 - 324 figs. pl. 7 f. 5-6
1960Murchisonia coralli Knight et al. p. 291
1999Murchisonia coralli Wagner
2023Cyrtostropha coralli Wagner p. 1382

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

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Cyrtostropha coralli de Sowerby and Murchison 1839
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Diagnosis
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