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Lophospira hermione

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia hermione was named by Billings (1865). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Lophospira hermoine by Twenhofel (1938); it was recombined as Lophospira hermione by Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Murchisonia hermione Billings pp. 33 - 34 figs. 33-34
1938Lophospira hermoine Twenhofel pp. 60 - 61 figs. pl. 8 f. 9-10
2023Lophospira hermione Wagner p. S1661

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyTrochonematoidea()
familyLophospiridae
genusLophospira
specieshermione()

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.

Lophospira hermione Billings 1865
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: herbivoreg
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2004-10-20 02:00:22
Modified: 2009-06-06 09:50:23
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Chazyan or 471.30000 to 457.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) Lophospira hermione (56181)