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Loxonema (Polygyrina) lommeli

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Turritella lommelii was named by Wissmann (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy. It is the type species of Polygyrina.

It was recombined as Melania lommeli by Muenster (1841); it was recombined as Loxonema (Polygyrina) lommeli by Kittl (1894); it was recombined as Loxonema lommeli by Arthaber (1915); it was recombined as Polygyrina lommeli by Pan (1982), Yin and Yochelson (1983), Bandel (1991), Dominici (2024).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. turritelliforme, L. ventricosa, Polygyrina subannulata

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Melania lommeli Muenster
1841Turritella cochleata Münster p. 122 figs. Pl 13, fig 41
1841Turritella similis Münster p. 122 figs. Pl 13, fig 42
1841Turritella lommelii Wissmann p. 122 figs. Pl 13, fig 43
1843Melania minima Klipstein p. 186 figs. Pl 12, fig 8
1894Loxonema (Polygyrina) lommeli Kittl p. 157 figs. Pl 4, figs 35-39
1915Loxonema lommeli Arthaber
1982Polygyrina lommeli Pan p. 176 figs. Pl 4, figs 28,29
1983Polygyrina lommeli Yin and Yochelson p. 1116 figs. 5A-C
1991Polygyrina lommeli Bandel p. 241 figs. 1A, 2-6
2024Polygyrina lommeli Dominici p. 45 figs. 19Z-AA

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyLoxonematoidea(Koken 1889)
familyZygopleuridaeWenz 1938
subfamilyZygopleurinaeWenz 1938
genusLoxonema
subgenusPolygyrina
specieslommeli()

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.

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Invalid names: Melania minima Klipstein 1843 [synonym], Turritella cochleata Münster 1841 [synonym], Turritella similis Münster 1841 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height315.812.919.016.13.05

Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:39:28
Modified: 2009-09-21 12:39:28
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Pelsonian to the top of the Julian or 244.24000 to 233.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Poland Turritella similis (63538)
Pelsonian - Tuvalian244.24 - 227.3Türkiye (Anatolia) Loxonema lommeli (204511)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Loxonema lommeli (144631) Turritella lommelii, Turritella similis, Turritella cochleata (type locality: 137429)