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Bulimorpha elongata

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae

Taxonomy
Bulimella elongata was named by Hall (1858). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Spergen Hill, near railroad station at Harristown, southeast of Salem, which is in a Meramecian carbonate limestone in the Salem Formation of Indiana.

It was recombined as Bulimorpha elongata by Thein and Nitecki (1974) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Bulimella elongata Hall p. 30
1882Bulimella elongata Whitfield p. 75 figs. pl. 8 f. 40
1974Bulimorpha elongata Thein and Nitecki p. 188
2023Bulimorpha elongata Wagner p. 3838

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyLoxonematoidea(Koken 1889)
familySoleniscidae
genusBulimorpha
specieselongata()

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.

†Bulimorpha elongata Hall 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2004-08-16 10:05:44
Modified: 2004-08-16 12:05:44
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Wagner 2023, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Meramecian or 343.00000 to 335.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Kentucky) Bulimorpha elongata (2711 2713)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Indiana) Bulimella elongata (129910 129930)