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Hormotoma simplex

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4954629https://www.gbif.org/species/4954629
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)74018https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=74018
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Murchisoniidae : Hormotoma : Hormotoma simplex
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Hormotomidae : Hormotoma : Hormotoma simplex
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthogastropodaPonder and Lindberg 1997
orderMurchisoniinaCox and Knight 1960
superfamilyMurchisonioidea
familyHormotomidaeWenz 1938
genusHormotoma
speciesHormotoma simplexWilson 1932
Generic NameHormotoma
Scientific NameHormotoma simplex Wilson, 1932
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Hormotoma simplexspeciesbelongs to Hormotomastated without evidenceWilson, 1932
Hormotoma simplexspeciesbelongs to Hormotomastated with evidenceWagner, 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance466 - 458 Ma
Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician
Motilityactively mobile (based on Hormotoma)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietherbivore (based on Hormotoma)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. E. Wilson. 1932. Ordovician fossils from the region of Cornwall, Ontario. Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada 4:373-404

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Hormotoma simplex paquettensis
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Hormotoma simplex simplex
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Murchisonia infrequens (Billings, 1859)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Murchisoniidae : Hormotoma : Murchisonia infrequens
Hormotoma infrequens (Billings, 1859)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Murchisoniidae : Hormotoma : Hormotoma infrequens

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1859Murchisonia infrequens Billings
1932Hormotoma simplex Wilson figs. pl. 6 f. 6-7
1951Hormotoma simplex Wilson pp. 42 - 43 figs. pl. 4 f. 17-19; text f. 1.2
1969Hormotoma simplex Liberty
2017Hormotoma simplex Wagner p. 1577

References

Wilson A. E. (1932) Ordovician fossils from the region of Cornwall, Ontario, Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada 4, 373-404
Billings E. Fossils of the Chazy Limestone, with descriptions of new species, The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist 4, 426-470
Wilson A. E. (1951) Gastropoda and Conularida of the Ottawa Formation of the Ottawa - St. Lawrence Lowland, Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 17, 1-149
Liberty B. A. (1969) Palaeozoic geology of the Lake Simcoe Area, Ontario, Geological Survey of Canada Memoirs 355, 1-201
Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database
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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