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Hormotoma artemesia

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia artemesia was named by Billings (1865). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Goniospira artemesia by Donald (1902); it was recombined as Eroicaspira artemesia by Wagner (1999); it was recombined as Hormotoma artemesia by Butts (1926), Fortey and Peel (1990), Desbiens et al. (1996) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. kutsingensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Murchisonia artemesia Billings
1886Murchisonia artemesia Whitfield p. 318
1902Goniospira artemesia Donald p. 329
1926Hormotoma artemesia Butts figs. pl. 17 f. 8-9
1944Hormotoma powellensis Cullison p. 60 figs. pl. 30 f. 1-3
1975Murchisonia (Hormotoma) powellinensis Fix p. 127
1990Hormotoma artemesia Fortey and Peel p. 30
1996Hormotoma artemesia Desbiens et al. p. 1142 figs. pl. 1 f. 24
1999Eroicaspira artemesia Wagner
2023Hormotoma artemesia Wagner p. 1540

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyMurchisonioidea()
familyHormotomidae
genusHormotoma()
speciesartemesia()

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.

†Hormotoma artemesia Billings 1865
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Invalid names: Hormotoma powellensis Cullison 1944 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yessubg
Adult length: 10 to < 100subg
Adult width: 10 to < 100subg
Adult height: 10 to < 100subg
Folds: nonesubg
Ribbing: minorsubg
Spines: nonesubg
Internal reinforcement: nonesubg
Locomotion: actively mobilesubg
Life habit: epifaunalsubg
Diet: herbivoresubg
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2004-10-20 01:59:43
Modified: 2004-10-20 03:59:43
Source: subg = subgenus, o = order
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Tulean to the top of the Blackhillsian or 480.80000 to 470.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0Canada (Quebec) Hormotoma artemesia (50060 50062)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0USA (Missouri) Coelocaulus n. sp. #1 (75545 75578) Coelocaulus n. sp. #2 (75559) Murchisonia n. sp. #1, Coelocaulus n. sp. #2, Coelocaulus n. sp. #1 (75543) Murchisonia n. sp. #3 (75519) Murchisonia n. sp. #4, Murchisonia gracilis (75557) Murchisonia n. sp. #5 (75520 75551) Murchisonia n. sp. #5, Murchisonia n. sp. #3, Murchisonia n. sp. #2, Coelocaulus n. sp. #2, Coelocaulus n. sp. #1 (75521) Murchisonia powellinensis, Murchisonia n. sp. #1, Coelocaulus n. sp. #2, Coelocaulus n. sp. #1 (75547) Murchisonia sp. (64612)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0USA (Arkansas) Hormotoma powellensis (56502)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0USA (Minnesota) Hormotoma artemesia (56645)
Tulean - Blackhillsian480.8 - 470.0United Kingdom (Scotland) Murchisona artemesia (188715)