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Catazone compressa

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia compressa was named by Lindström (1884). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Coelocaulus compressa by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); it was recombined as Hormotoma compressa by Kurushin (1986); it was recombined as Catazone compressa by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Murchisonia compressa Lindström p. 99 figs. pl. 12 f. 15-19
1897Coelocaulus compressa Ulrich and Scofield p. 1020
1986Hormotoma compressa Kurushin p. 112 figs. pl. 7 f. 9
2023Catazone compressa Wagner p. 1850

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

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.

Catazone compressa Lindström 1884
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-11 17:59:24
Modified: 2009-06-11 19:59:24
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Wenlock to the top of the Paadla or 433.40000 to 419.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Russian Federation (Siberia) Hormotoma compressa (206378 206379)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Ukraine (Podolia) Murchisonia compressa (155618)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Sweden (Gotland) Murchisonia compressa (13603)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Sweden (Gotland) Murchisonia compressa (13616)
Paadla422.9 - 419.2Estonia (Saare) Murchisonia compressa (195603)