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Lophospira ventricosa

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia ventricosa was named by Hall (1847). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Loxoplocus (Lophospira) ventricosa by Bretsky (1969); it was recombined as Lophospira ventricosa by Whitfield (1886), Ulrich and Scofield (1897), Bassler (1915), Wilson (1951), Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. angustina, L. cribrosa, Loxoplocus curvistriata, Loxoplocus curvistriata

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Murchisonia ventricosa Hall p. 41 figs. pl. 10 f. 3
1855Murchisonia ventricosa Emmons p. 162
1882Murchisonia ventricosa Whitfield p. 218 figs. pl. 5 f. 18
1886Lophospira ventricosa Whitfield p. 313
1897Lophospira conradana Ulrich and Scofield pp. 979 - 980 figs. pl. 72 f. 29-32
1897Lophospira ventricosa Ulrich and Scofield p. 980
1915Lophospira ventricosa Bassler p. 766
1951Lophospira ventricosa Wilson p. 39 figs. pl. 4 f. 22-23
1969Loxoplocus (Lophospira) ventricosa Bretsky
2023Lophospira ventricosa Wagner p. 1702

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

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 ventricosa Hall 1847
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Invalid names: Lophospira conradana Ulrich and Scofield 1897 [synonym]
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: base of the Turinian to the top of the Maysvillian or 457.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) Lophospira ventricosa (26276)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Indiana) Lophospira conradana (104277) Lophospira ventricosa (194135)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Minnesota) Lophospira conradana (194139)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Wisconsin) Lophospira conradana (89018)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Quebec) Lophospira ventricosa (185349 185350)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) Lophospira ventricosa (63816)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Lophospira conradana (23614 23615 23617 23619 23620)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Lophospira ventricosa (156592)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Lophospira conradana (23557)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Lophospira conradana (23621)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) Lophospira ventricosa (154703)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Lophospira conradana (23558)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) Lophospira ventricosa (26271 26273 26277)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Pennsylvania and Virginia) Loxoplocus ventricosa (77103)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (New York) Loxoplocus ventricosa (77104)