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Coelocaulus desiderata

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia desiderata was named by Hall (1859). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Hormotoma desiderata by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); it was recombined as Murchisonia (Murchisonia) desiderata by Linsley (1968); it was recombined as Coelocaulus desiderata by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Murchisonia desiderata Hall
1879Murchisonia desiderata Hall figs. pl. 21 f. 1-3
1897Hormotoma desiderata Ulrich and Scofield p. 1014
1968Murchisonia (Murchisonia) desiderata Linsley p. 426
1971Murchisonia desiderata Rollins et al. p. 159
2023Coelocaulus desiderata Wagner p. 1356

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

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: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Eifelian or 393.30000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Ohio) Murchisonia desiderata (129948 130152 130260)