Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Alternative combination: Murchisonia soluta
Synonyms: Loxoplocus tropidophora Whiteaves 1884, Murchisonia tropidophora Whiteaves 1884
Full reference: J. F. Whiteaves. 1884. On some new, imperfectly characterized or previously unrecorded species of fossils from the Guelph Formations of Ontario. Palaeozoic Fossils 3(1):1-43
Belongs to Loxoplocus according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Fischer 1885, Knight 1941, Wagner 1999 and Whiteaves 1884
Sister taxa: Loxoplocus gothlandicus, Loxoplocus hyacinthensis, Loxoplocus nelsonae, Loxoplocus sedgwicki, Loxoplocus silurica, Loxoplocus vermetus
Type specimens:
- Loxoplocus soluta: Its type locality is Eurypterid-associated biota of the dolomite of the Lockport Fmn. at Elora, Ont., which is in a Ludlow open shallow subtidal dolomite in the Guelph Formation of Canada.
- Loxoplocus tropidophora:
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (4: Ontario collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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