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Hormotoma teretiformis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia teretiformis was named by Billings (1857). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Hormotoma teretiformis by Twenhofel (1928) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. kutsingensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Murchisonia teretiformis Billings
1866Murchisonia teretiformis Billings p. 18
1897Murchisonia teretiformis Ulrich and Scofield p. 1014
1928Hormotoma teretiformis Twenhofel p. 243
2023Hormotoma teretiformis Wagner p. 4336

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

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 teretiformis Billings 1857
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available