Murchisonia defrancei d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Alternative combinations: Pleurotomaria defrancei, Pleurotomaria defrancii

Full reference: E. J. A. d’Archiac and E.P. de Verneuil. 1842. On the fossils of the older deposits in the Rhenish Provinces, preceded by a general survey of the fauna of the Palaeozoic rocks, and followed by a tabular list of the organic remains of the Devonian system in Europe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 6(3):303-410

Belongs to Murchisonia according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Basse and Heidelberger 2002, Beyer 1896, de Koninck 1844, d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842, Goldfuss 1844, Heidelberger 2001, Holzapfel 1895, Kirchner 1915 and Lotz 1900

Sister taxa: Murchisonia (Cheilotoma), Murchisonia (Goniospira), Murchisonia (Murchisonia), Murchisonia (Ostioma), Murchisonia aciculata, Murchisonia akidota, Murchisonia allevata, Murchisonia anderdoniae, Murchisonia anglica, Murchisonia angulata, Murchisonia angustetaeniata, Murchisonia archiaci, Murchisonia arctica, Murchisonia auctor, Murchisonia basalestriata, Murchisonia bassensis, Murchisonia biarmica, Murchisonia bilineata, Murchisonia brevis, Murchisonia cambria, Murchisonia cicela, Murchisonia concava, Murchisonia conradi, Murchisonia convexa, Murchisonia declivisdiot, Murchisonia deflexa, Murchisonia delagei, Murchisonia deludisubzona, Murchisonia dornapica, Murchisonia dowlingii, Murchisonia dublinensis, Murchisonia dudleyensis, Murchisonia eichwaldi, Murchisonia elegans, Murchisonia fornicata, Murchisonia fusiformis, Murchisonia gourvenneci, Murchisonia gracilicrista, Murchisonia gracilis, Murchisonia gubleri, Murchisonia hebe, Murchisonia hercynica, Murchisonia holynensis, Murchisonia intercedens, Murchisonia intermedia, Murchisonia jackjelli, Murchisonia kanekoi, Murchisonia kirchnera, Murchisonia laphami, Murchisonia lawlessi, Murchisonia leda, Murchisonia liufengshanensis, Murchisonia lochkoviensis, Murchisonia lohrheimi, Murchisonia margaritata, Murchisonia marri, Murchisonia megathanae, Murchisonia micula, Murchisonia minuta, Murchisonia mylitta, Murchisonia nerinea, Murchisonia obesa, Murchisonia obtusangula, Murchisonia oegensis, Murchisonia oehlerti, Murchisonia ordovicia, Murchisonia padangensis, Murchisonia paeckelmanni, Murchisonia pagodeformis, Murchisonia petila, Murchisonia placida, Murchisonia pleurotomarioides, Murchisonia plumleyi, Murchisonia pragensis, Murchisonia pritchardi, Murchisonia pygmaea, Murchisonia reverdyi, Murchisonia rotundata, Murchisonia sandbergeri, Murchisonia sandbergi, Murchisonia selenalta, Murchisonia sera, Murchisonia sibleyensis, Murchisonia similis, Murchisonia sphaerulata, Murchisonia steltenbergensis, Murchisonia subcarinata, Murchisonia subeuglypha, Murchisonia subornata, Murchisonia subulata, Murchisonia taltiensis, Murchisonia tenuissima, Murchisonia tillesae, Murchisonia timorensis, Murchisonia tricincta, Murchisonia trilineata, Murchisonia turbinata, Murchisonia turriformis, Murchisonia turris, Murchisonia vicariana, Murchisonia vincta, Murchisonia wandovalensis, Murchisonia xanthippe, Murchisonia zimmermanni, Goniostropha chapmani, Goniostropha bachelieri, Goniostropha extenuata, Murchisonia (Goniostropha) turriculata

Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Switzerland (1 collection)

• Devonian of Germany (6)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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