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Loxoplocus nelsonae

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Kiviasukkaan nelsonae was named by Peel (1975). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Ashford, which is in a Sheinwoodian carbonate dolomite in the Waukesha Formation of Wisconsin. It is the type species of Kiviasukkaan.

It was recombined as Loxoplocus nelsonae by Wagner (1999) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Kiviasukkaan nelsonae Peel
1999Loxoplocus nelsonae Wagner
2023Loxoplocus nelsonae Wagner p. 1770

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyTrochonematoidea()
familyLophospiridae
genusLoxoplocus
speciesnelsonae()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Loxoplocus nelsonae Peel 1975
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Diagnosis
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