Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Alternative combination: Lophospira sedgwicki
Synonyms: Lophospira trilineata Pitcher 1939, Loxoplocus trilineata Pitcher 1939
Full reference: J. G. Donald. 1906. Notes on the genera Omospira, Lophospira and Turritoma, with descriptions of new Proterozoic species. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 62:552-572
Belongs to Loxoplocus according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Donald 1906, Peel 1977, Pitcher 1939 and Wagner 1999
Sister taxa: Loxoplocus esthona, Loxoplocus gothlandicus, Loxoplocus hyacinthensis, Loxoplocus nelsonae, Loxoplocus silurica, Loxoplocus soluta, Loxoplocus vermetus
Type specimens:
- Loxoplocus sedgwicki: Its type locality is Locality 6. Ladywell Wood of Mulloch Hill, which is in a Rhuddanian carbonate limestone in the Mulloch Hill Formation of the United Kingdom.
- Loxoplocus trilineata: Its type locality is Bog Mine, Shelve Outliers, Shropshire, which is in a Telychian carbonate shale in the Purple Shale Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (3: Nova Scotia collections), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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