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Hormotoma confusa

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia confusa was named by Whitfield (1889) [Murchisonia? confusa Whitfield 1889]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Division E Beds, Section northeast of Shoreham, which is in a Stairsian carbonate limestone/dolomite in the Fort Ann Formation of Vermont.

It was recombined as Hormotoma confusa by Wagner (1999) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. kutsingensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Murchisonia confusa Whitfield p. 54 figs. pl. 8 f. 16-18
1999Hormotoma confusa Wagner
2023Hormotoma confusa Wagner p. 1545

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

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 confusa Whitfield 1889
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available