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Lophospira modesta

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia modesta was named by Billings (1857). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Lophospira modesta by Ulrich and Scofield (1897), Twenhofel (1928), Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Murchisonia modesta Billings p. 220
1866Murchisonia modesta Billings p. 18
1897Lophospira modesta Ulrich and Scofield p. 962
1928Lophospira modesta Twenhofel p. 238 figs. pl. 25 f. 19
2023Lophospira modesta Wagner

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

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 modesta Billings 1857
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonites
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: slow-movings
Life habit: epifaunals
Diet: detritivores
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2011-06-02 04:36:14
Modified: 2011-06-01 13:36:14
Source: s = species, g = genus, o = order
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Bambach et al. 2007, Wagner 2023

Age range: Richmondian or 449.60000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Quebec) Lophospira modesta (63559 63625 63660 63667 240899)