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Rank | species |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Murchisoniidae : Murchisonia : Murchisonia gigantea |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Hormotomidae : Hormotoma : Murchisonia gigantea |
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Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | doubtful |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Generic Name | Murchisonia |
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Scientific Name | Murchisonia gigantea (Billings, 1857) |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Hormotoma gigantea | species | belongs to Murchisonia | stated without evidence | Billings, 1857 | Hormotoma gigantea | species | belongs to Murchisonia (Hormotoma) | stated without evidence | Twenhofel, 1928 | Hormotoma gigantea | species | belongs to Murchisonia (Hormotoma) | stated with evidence | Wagner, 2017 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 461 - 444 Ma Paleozoic |
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Last Recorded Appearance | 450 - 444 Ma Paleozoic |
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Motility | actively mobile (based on Hormotoma) |
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Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) |
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Diet | herbivore (based on Hormotoma) |
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Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. Billings. 1857. Report for the year 1856. Geological Survey of Canada - Report of Progress for the Years 1853-56 |
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