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Loxonema gregarium

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae

Taxonomy
Turritella gregaria was named by de Sowerby and Murchison (1839) [Turritella gregaria de Sowerby in Murchison 1839]. It is not extant.

It was recombined as Loxonema gregarium by Antia (1981).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Turritella gregaria de Sowerby and Murchison
1891Turritella gregaria Whidborne p. 182
1981Loxonema gregarium Antia

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyLoxonematoidea(Koken 1889)
familyLoxonematidae
genusLoxonema
speciesgregarium()

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.

Loxonema gregarium de Sowerby and Murchison 1839
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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: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-06 08:07:05
Modified: 2009-06-06 10:07:05
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Ludfordian or 425.60000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0United Kingdom (England) Loxonema gregarium (8315)