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Murchisonia aciculata

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia aciculata was named by Hall (1860). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Goniostropha aciculata by Twenhofel (1909) and McLearn (1924); it was recombined as Murchisonia (Murchisonia) aciculata by Peel (1977).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Murchisonia aciculata Hall p. 154
1868Murchisonia aciculata Dawson pp. 605
1909Goniostropha aciculata Twenhofel
1924Goniostropha aciculata McLearn p. 142 figs. pl. 21 f. 21, 25
1977Murchisonia (Murchisonia) aciculata Peel p. 33 figs. pl. 4 f. 1-3
2023Murchisonia aciculata Wagner p. 1843

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

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 aciculata Hall 1860
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Diagnosis
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