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Murchisonia dublinensis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria dublinensis was named by Stauffer (1909). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zone D. North Bank below highway arch, Scioto River, Dublin, which is in an Eifelian carbonate limestone/chert in the Columbus Limestone Formation of Ohio.

It was recombined as Murchisonia dublinensis by Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. dowlingi, M. hibernica, M. scrabiculatus, M. turritelloides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Pleurotomaria dublinensis Stauffer p. 193 figs. pl. 17 f. 7-9
2023Murchisonia dublinensis Wagner p. 2487

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

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 dublinensis Stauffer 1909
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available