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Hormotomina maia

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia maia was named by Hall (1861). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Hormotoma maia by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); it was recombined as Murchisonia (Hormotomina) maia by Linsley (1968); it was recombined as Hormotomina maia by Grabau and Shimer (1909), Knight et al. (1960), Fagerstrom (1961), Blodgett et al. (1999) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Murchisonia maia Hall p. 103
1897Hormotoma maia Ulrich and Scofield p. 1014
1909Hormotomina maia Grabau and Shimer
1960Hormotomina maia Knight et al. p. 291 figs. f. 190.4
1961Hormotomina maia Fagerstrom p. 38
1968Murchisonia (Hormotomina) maia Linsley p. 430
1999Hormotomina maia Blodgett et al. p. 1096
2023Hormotomina maia Wagner p. 1589

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

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.

Hormotomina maia Hall 1861
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-11 17:59:24
Modified: 2009-06-11 19:59:24
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

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 maia (129948 130152 130260)