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Murchisonia megathanae

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Taxonomy
Goniasma megathanae was named by Blodgett and Johnson (1992) [“Goniasma” megathanae]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM 10807. 3 miles N & W of Roberts Creek Ranch, Roberts Mountains, which is in an Eifelian marine packstone in the Denay Limestone Formation of Nevada.

It was recombined as Murchisonia megathanae by Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Goniasma megathanae Blodgett and Johnson p. 125 figs. pl. 17 f. 1-6
1995Goniasma megathanae Gubanov et al. p. 438
2023Murchisonia megathanae Wagner p. 1869

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

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 megathanae Blodgett and Johnson 1992
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Diagnosis
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