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Hormotoma agilis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia agilis was named by Billings (1865). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Hormotoma agilis by Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Murchisonia agilis Billings p. 235
2023Hormotoma agilis Wagner p. 4949

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyMurchisonioidea()
familyHormotomidae
genusHormotoma()
speciesagilis()

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.

Hormotoma agilis Billings 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yessubg
Adult length: 10 to < 100subg
Adult width: 10 to < 100subg
Adult height: 10 to < 100subg
Folds: nonesubg
Ribbing: minorsubg
Spines: nonesubg
Internal reinforcement: nonesubg
Locomotion: actively mobilesubg
Life habit: epifaunalsubg
Diet: herbivoresubg
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2004-10-20 01:59:43
Modified: 2004-10-20 03:59:43
Source: subg = subgenus, o = order
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available