Loxoplocus gothlandicus Ulrich and Scofield 1897 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

= Pleurotomaria bicincta (Hall 1847) sensu Lindström 1884 106 - 107 pl. 8 f. 15-25

Alternative combinations: Lophospira gothlandica, Loxoplocus gotlandicus

Synonyms: Eoworthenia rarissima Perner 1903, Lophospira bispiralis Clarke and Ruedemann 1903, Lophospira bucheri Foerste 1923, Lophospira ehlersi Foerste 1923, Lophospira guelphica Whiteaves 1906, Lophospira luomianensis Xi and Yu 1990, Loxoplocus (Lophospira) vostokovae Kurushin 1986, Loxoplocus bijugosus Reed 1901, Loxoplocus bispiralis Clarke and Ruedemann 1903, Loxoplocus bucheri Foerste 1923, Loxoplocus ehlersi Foerste 1923, Loxoplocus guelphicus Whiteaves 1906, Loxoplocus hespelerensis Whiteaves 1884, Loxoplocus infidelis Perner 1903, Loxoplocus luomianensis Xi and Yu 1990, Loxoplocus rarissimus Perner 1903, Loxoplocus vostokovae Kurushin 1986, Murchisonia hespelerensis Whiteaves 1884, Pleurotomaria (Worthenia) infidelis Perner 1903, Pleurotomaria (Worthenia) rarissima Perner 1903, Trochonema bijugosa Reed 1901, Worthenia infidelis Perner 1903, Worthenia rarissima Perner 1903

Full reference: E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081

Belongs to Loxoplocus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Clarke and Ruedemann 1903, Foerste 1923, Frýda 1998, Kurushin 1986, Perner 1903, Perner 1907, Reed 1901, Ulrich and Scofield 1897, Wagner 1999, Whiteaves 1884, Whiteaves 1906 and Xi and Yu 1990

Sister taxa: Loxoplocus hyacinthensis, Loxoplocus nelsonae, Loxoplocus sedgwicki, Loxoplocus silurica, Loxoplocus soluta, Loxoplocus vermetus

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (2: Ontario collections), China (1), the Czech Republic (3), the Russian Federation (5), Sweden (8), Ukraine (1), United States (3: New York, Ohio, Wisconsin)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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