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Hormotoma ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4606059	https://www.gbif.org/species/4606059
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	8866	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8866

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Murchisoniidae : Hormotoma

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Hormotomidae : Hormotoma

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Orthogastropoda	Ponder and Lindberg 1997
order	Murchisoniina	Cox and Knight 1960
superfamily	Murchisonioidea
family	Hormotomidae	Wenz 1938
genus	Hormotoma	Salter 1859

Scientific Name

Hormotoma Salter, 1859

Name Published In

Geol. Surv. Canada Org. Remains, Dec. 1, 18

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Hormotoma	subgenus	belongs to Murchisonia	stated without evidence	Salter, 1859
Hormotoma	subgenus	belongs to Pleurotomariidae	stated with evidence	Ulrich and Scofield, 1897
Hormotoma	subgenus	belongs to Murchisoniidae	stated with evidence	Wenz, 1938
Hormotoma	subgenus	belongs to Murchisonia	stated with evidence	Knight et al., 1960
Hormotoma	subgenus	belongs to Archaeogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Hormotoma	subgenus	belongs to Murchisoniidae	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005
Hormotoma	genus	belongs to Hormotomidae	stated with evidence	Wagner, 2017

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

485 - 479 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

393 - 383 Ma
Devonian

Motility

actively mobile

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

herbivore

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. W. Salter. 1859. Figures and descriptions of Canadian organic remains

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Loxonema aculeata ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Hormotoma acuminata ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Murchisonia agilis ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Murchisonia altesinuata ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Hormotoma amii ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Murchisonia anna ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	485 Ma Cambrian	478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Murchisonia antigonishensis ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	426 Ma Silurian	426 Ma Silurian
Murchisonia antiqua ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Murchisonia arisaigensis ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Murchisonia artemesia ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		26	485 Ma Cambrian	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Pleurotoma articulata ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	431 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Plethospira bilineata ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Hormotoma bistriata ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Murchisonia cassina ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Hormotoma centervillensis ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	443 Ma Silurian	441 Ma Silurian
Hormotoma columbina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hormotoma columna species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coelocaulus concinnus ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Murchisonia confusa ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	485 Ma Cambrian	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Hormotoma cotterensis ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Hormotoma doquieri ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Hormotoma dubia ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Hormotoma dubia ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Murchisonia exilis ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Coelocaulus fascinata ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Hormotoma fugitiva species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Murchisonia funata ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	443 Ma Silurian	443 Ma Silurian
Murchisonia gigantea ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Murchisonia gracilens ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Murchisonia gracilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		127	485 Ma Cambrian	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Murchisonia gracillima ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	478 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Hormotoma grayiana ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	439 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Hormotoma gregaria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hormotoma hopkinsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Murchisonia hyale ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Hormotoma inceptor ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Murchisonia insignis ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	443 Ma Silurian
Murchisonia latifasciatum ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	441 Ma Silurian	441 Ma Silurian
Hormotoma longispira species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hormotoma lutiensis ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Murchisonia meryenorfi ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Murchisonia meyendorfi ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Hormotoma minnesotensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		15	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Hormotoma moderata ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Murchisonia multivolvis ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Coelocaulus neglectus ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Hormotoma nigra ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Coelocaulus oehlerti ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Hormotoma ordosensis ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Hormotoma ordovix ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Hormotoma pagodi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Murchisonia patriciaensis ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Hormotoma perlonga species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hormotoma piperi ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	426 Ma Silurian	426 Ma Silurian
Turritoma polita ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Murchisonia prava ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Hormotoma robusta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Hormotoma rotundivolvis ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Hormotoma rowei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Murchisonia rudis ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Hormotoma salteri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		46	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Hormotoma sana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Murchisonia scrobiculata ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Hormotoma simplex ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Catazone striatula ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Hormotoma subangulata ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Turritoma tenuifilosa ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	443 Ma Silurian	443 Ma Silurian
Hormotoma terebriformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Murchisonia teretiformis ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Murchisonia vesta ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Hormotoma wilsoni ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Hormotoma winnipegensis ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Murchisonia (Hormotoma) gracillima ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Murchisonia (Hormotoma) patriciaensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Hormatoma Cossmann, 1895	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Murchisoniidae : *Hormatoma*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1859	Hormotoma Salter
1859	Murchisonia (Hormotoma) Salter p. 22
1897	Murchisonia (Hormotoma) Ulrich and Scofield
1938	Murchisonia (Hormotoma) Wenz p. 39
1960	Hormotoma Knight et al. p. 291
2002	Murchisonia (Hormotoma) Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Murchisonia (Hormotoma) Bouchet et al. p. 90
2017	Hormotoma Wagner p. G323

References

Salter J. W. , Figures and descriptions of Canadian organic remains, 1-47

Ulrich E. O., Scofield W. H. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota, The Paleontology of Minnesota 39 2, 813-1081

Knight J. B., Cox L. R., et al (1960) Systematic descriptions, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Mollusca I 1, 169-339

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368

Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database

GBIF/Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Invertebrate Paleontology DiGIR Service - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Geol. Surv. Canada Org. Remains, Dec. 1, 18 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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