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Hormotoma insignis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia insignis was named by d'Eichwald (1860). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Hormotoma insignis by Teichert (1932) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Murchisonia insignis d'Eichwald p. 1164 figs. pl. 43 f. 1
1897Murchisonia insignis Koken p. 206 figs. f. 42
1925Murchisonia insignis Koken and Perner pp. 243 - 244 figs. pl. 3 f. 1, 3-4; pl. 4 f. 5, 7, 9-12
1932Hormotoma insignis Teichert p. 276
2023Hormotoma insignis Wagner p. 1559

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

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 insignis d'Eichwald 1860
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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: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Nabala to the top of the Aeronian or 450.50000 to 438.50000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nabala450.5 - 449.9Estonia (Harju) Murchisonia insignis (87297 87298)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Estonia (Lääne) Murchisonia insignis (167758)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Ringerike) Murchisonia insignis (154605)
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.4 - 438.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Murchisonia insignis (206465 206484 206542 206543 206560)