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Hormotoma meyendorfi

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia meyendorfi was named by Koken (1897). It is not extant. Its type locality is Porkuni, Siuge Member, which is in a Porkuni perireef or subreef lime mudstone/chert in the Ärina Formation of Estonia.

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. kutsingensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Murchisonia meyendorfi Koken p. 207
1925Murchisonia meyendorfi Koken and Perner p. 246 figs. pl. 4 f. 8; pl. 37 f. 4; pl. 40 f. 6
1932Hormotoma meyendorfi Teichert p. 276
2023Hormotoma meyendorfi Wagner p. 4859

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

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 meyendorfi Koken 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available