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Eroicaspira simulatrix

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Subulitidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia simulatrix was named by Billings (1865). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Hormotoma simulatrix by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); it was recombined as Eroicaspira simulatrix by Wagner (1999) and Wagner (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Murchisonia simulatrix Billings p. 232 fig. 218
1865Murchisonia augustina Billings pp. 234 - 235 figs. f. 221
1897Lophospira augustina Ulrich and Scofield pp. not 963 figs. not pl. 71 f. 1-2
1897Hormotoma simulatrix Ulrich and Scofield p. 1014
1999Eroicaspira augustina Wagner
1999Eroicaspira simulatrix Wagner
2004Hormotoma augustina Rohr et al. p. 232 figs. pl. 2 f. 26 - 28
2023Eroicaspira simulatrix Wagner p. 3508

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilySubulitoidea(Lindström 1884)
familySubulitidae
genusEroicaspira
speciessimulatrix()

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.

Eroicaspira simulatrix Billings 1865
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Invalid names: Murchisonia augustina Billings 1865 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2004-08-16 10:05:07
Modified: 2009-07-20 15:19:27
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Wagner 2023

Age range: Rangerian or 471.80000 to 468.10000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rangerian471.8 - 468.1Greenland Hormotoma augustina (174317)
Fennian471.8 - 466.0Malaysia (Palau Lankawi Island) Hormotoma sp. (172824) Hormotoma spp. (56163 56164)
Rangerian - Whiterockian471.8 - 457.5USA (Nevada) Hormotoma sp. (104417)
Whiterockian471.8 - 457.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Hormotoma augustina (10279)
Whiterockian471.8 - 457.5USA (Nevada) Eroicaspira augustina (104525) Murchisonia sp. (14229)