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Murchisonia brevis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia brevis was named by Roemer (1856). It is not a trace fossil.

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Pleurotomaria bilineata Sandberger and Sandberger
1856Murchisonia brevis Roemer
1915Murchisonia bilineata Kirchner pp. 210 - 211

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

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 brevis Roemer 1856
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Invalid names: Pleurotomaria bilineata Sandberger and Sandberger 1853 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available