Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Alternative combination: Loxoplocus rectistriatus
Synonyms: Lophospira bantatsuense Kobayashi 1930, Lophospira manchuriensis Endo 1932, Lophospira morrisi Grabau 1922, Lophospira subabbreviata Raymond 1908, Lophospira yabei Endo 1935
Full reference: P. E. Raymond. 1908. The Gastropoda of the Chazy Formation. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 4:168-225
Belongs to Lophospira according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Endo 1932, Endo 1935, Grabau 1922, Kobayashi 1930, Kobayashi 1958, Raymond 1908 and Welby 1961
Sister taxa: Lophospira abnormis, Lophospira alata, Lophospira alternans, Lophospira angulata, Lophospira bilirata, Lophospira billingsi, Lophospira calcifera, Lophospira concurrens, Lophospira conoidea, Lophospira decursa, Lophospira depauperata, Lophospira dubia, Lophospira ferruginea, Lophospira gumbinense, Lophospira gyrogonia, Lophospira infausta, Lophospira infirma, Lophospira jaekeli, Lophospira kinosakii, Lophospira kuckersiana, Lophospira lyckholmiensis, Lophospira major, Lophospira manitoulinensis, Lophospira mickwitzi, Lophospira milleri, Lophospira modesta, Lophospira obliqua, Lophospira ozakii, Lophospira pagoda, Lophospira perangulata, Lophospira producta, Lophospira sandbiana, Lophospira selecta, Lophospira serrulata, Lophospira shallockensis, Lophospira spironema, Lophospira subalata, Lophospira subglobosa, Lophospira superba, Lophospira terrassa, Lophospira tesakovi, Lophospira trispiralis, Lophospira variablis, Lophospira ventricosa
Type specimens:
- Lophospira rectistriata: Its type locality is D2. near farm-house on northwest corner of Valcour Island, Crown Point Fm., which is in a Chazyan carbonate limestone/shale in the Crown Point Formation of New York.
- Lophospira bantatsuense: Its type locality is Unkaku-ri Bantatsu-men Koto Prefecture South Heian-do, which is in a Darriwilian carbonate limestone in the Unkaku Formation of North Korea.
- Lophospira manchuriensis: Its type locality is Half mile west of Shang-kang-yao, 3 miles southeast Yen-Tai, which is in an Arenig carbonate limestone in the Kangyao Formation of China.
- Lophospira morrisi: Its type locality is Shan MaJiaGou Fm., KaiPin Co., HeBei Prov., China, which is in a Darriwilian shallow subtidal lime mudstone/limestone in the Shan Majiagou Formation of China.
- Lophospira subabbreviata:
- Lophospira yabei: Its type locality is Northern foot of San-leng Hill, near Wu-hu-tsui colliery, Pechill district, which is in a Darriwilian carbonate limestone in the Majiagou Formation of China.
Ecology: epifaunal herbivore
Distribution:
• Chazyan of United States (10: New York, Vermont collections)
• Whiterockian of United States (1: California)
• Arenig of China (1)
• Ordovician of China (3), North Korea (2), South Korea (1)
Total: 18 collections including 19 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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