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Coelocaulus davidsoni

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia davidsoni was named by Oehlert (1877). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Saint-Roch quarry, north of Saint Ouen-des-Toitsand, which is in a Pragian carbonate limestone in the Saint Céneré Formation of France. It is the type species of Coelocaulus, Coelidium.

It was recombined as Coelidium davidsoni by Clarke and Ruedemann (1903); it was recombined as Coelocaulus davidsoni by Oehlert and Oehlert (1888), HornĂ½ (1952), Heidelberger (2001) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Murchisonia davidsoni Oehlert
1888Coelocaulus davidsoni Oehlert and Oehlert
1903Coelidium davidsoni Clarke and Ruedemann p. 67
1952Coelocaulus davidsoni HornĂ½ p. 19
2001Coelocaulus davidsoni Heidelberger p. 155
2023Coelocaulus davidsoni Wagner p. 4312

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

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.

Coelocaulus davidsoni Oehlert 1877
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Diagnosis
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