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Coelocaulus turritiformis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia turritiformis was named by Hall (1852). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Michelia turritiformis by Poulsen (1974); it was recombined as Coelocaulus turritiformis by Ulrich and Scofield (1897), Rohr (1980) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Murchisonia turritiformis Hall
1872Murchisonia turritiformis Nicholson p. 545 figs. pl. 26 f. 10
1884Murchisonia turritiformis Whiteaves
1897Coelocaulus turritiformis Ulrich and Scofield
1974Michelia turritiformis Poulsen p. 12
1980Coelocaulus turritiformis Rohr p. 189
2023Coelocaulus turritiformis Wagner p. 1364

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

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-06 07:31:18
Modified: 2009-06-06 09:31:18
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: Gorstian or 427.40000 to 425.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Canada (Ontario) Murchisonia turritiformis (155012)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Canada (Ontario) Murchisonia turritiformis (14196 155723)