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Loxotrema turritum

Gastropoda - Melanopsidae

Taxonomy
Loxotrema turrita was named by Gabb (1869).

It was corrected as Loxotrema turritum by Stewart (1927), Squires (1998) and Squires (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Loxotrema turrita Gabb p. 168 figs. PI. 28, Fig. 49
1927Loxotrema turrita Hanna p. 312 figs. Plate 50, figures 5, 6, 7, and 8
1927Loxotrema turritum Stewart p. 347 figs. Plate XXvI, fig. 3, 4
1938Loxotrema turrita Turner p. 81
1976Loxotrema turrita Givens and Kennedy p. 963
1998Loxotrema turritum Squires pp. 298 - 299 figs. Figures 3 - 14
1999Loxotrema turritum Squires p. 16 figs. Figures 18, 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyMelanopsidae(Adams and Adams 1854)
genusLoxotremaGabb 1868
speciesturritum()

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.

†Loxotrema turritum Gabb 1869
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:13:46
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:13:46
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Oregon) Loxotrema turritum (200800 200804)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Loxotrema turrita (238131) Loxotrema turritum (52432 177614)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Loxotrema turritum (200891)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Loxotrema turritum (16712 200657 200659 200731 200732 200733 200734 210283 210285 210286 210287 210289 210292)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Oregon) Loxotrema turritum (200870 200875 200877 200878 200892 200911 201035 201036)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9USA (California) Loxotrema turritum (37928 37931)