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Murchisonia defrancei

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria defrancii was named by d’Archiac and de Verneuil (1842) [Pleurotomaria Defrancii]. It is not extant.

It was corrected as Pleurotomaria defrancei by Holzapfel (1895), Beyer (1896) and Lotz (1900); it was recombined as Murchisonia defrancei by Kirchner (1915), Heidelberger (2001), Basse and Heidelberger (2002) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Pleurotomaria defrancii d’Archiac and de Verneuil p. 360 figs. pl. 32 f. 22, 22a
1844Pleurotomaria defrancii Goldfuss p. 64 figs. pl. 182 f. 3a-b
1844Pleurotomaria defrancii de Koninck p. 392 figs. pl. 34 f. 3a-c
1895Pleurotomaria defrancei Holzapfel p. 352
1896Pleurotomaria defrancei Beyer p. 76 figs. pl. 2 f. 51
1900Pleurotomaria defrancei Lotz p. 206
1915Murchisonia defrancei Kirchner p. 209
2001Murchisonia defrancei Heidelberger pp. 131 - 132 figs. pl. 10 f. 13-14
2002Murchisonia defrancei Basse and Heidelberger p. 77 figs. pl. 1 f. 1-4; text f. 2
2023Murchisonia defrancei Wagner p. 3849

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyMurchisonioidea()
familyMurchisoniidae
genusMurchisonia
speciesdefrancei()

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.

Murchisonia defrancei d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842
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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: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-06 08:12:42
Modified: 2009-09-24 16:06:01
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Givetian to the top of the Hauterivian or 387.70000 to 129.40000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Murchisonia defrancei (38360)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany (Hessen) Murchisonia defrancei (38353 38354 38355 38357)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany (Nordrhein Westfalen) Murchisonia defrancei (38352)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Switzerland Pleurotomaria defrancii (2198)