Asmussia murchisoniana

{{Short description|Species of small freshwater animal}}

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{{Taxobox

| name = † Asmussia murchisoniana

| fossil_range = {{fossil_range|Devonian}}

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| subphylum = Crustacea

| classis = Branchiopoda

| ordo = Spinicaudata

| genus = † Asmussia

| species = A. murchisoniana

| binomial = † Asmussia murchisoniana

| binomial_authority = (Jones, 1859)

}}

Asmussia murchisoniana was a Devonian crustacean of the class Branchiopoda. Like other clam shrimps, Asmussia had a bivalved shell, which was its only preserved part, about {{convert|3|mm}} long. It was probably a filter feeder or a scavenger.