Fossil specimen : BGS GSM32798 – Syntype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Mollusca Class Gastropoda Order - |
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| Fossil Name | Hormotoma? gracillima (Salter) |
| Type Status | Syntype |
| Name History | Hormotoma? gracillima (Salter) |
| Registration No. | GSM32798 |
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| Collector | C.W. Peach 1856 |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments |
| Country | Scotland |
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| Locality | Durness, Sutherland |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Durness Group |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Abereiddian Stage (Ordovician Period) – Comley Series (Cambrian Period) (460.5 – 526 Ma B.P.) [Closest ICS interval: Darriwilian Age – Terreneuvian Epoch ] |
| References | Donald, J. 1899. The Genera Ectomaria, Koken, and Hormotoma, Salter, with Descriptions of British Species. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc p.263 Salter, JW. 1859. Fossils of the Durness Limestone in Murchison: On the Succession of the Older Rocks in the Northernmost Counties of Scotland. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc p.379-380 pl.13, fig 7 |
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