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Ulrichospira lloydii

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phanerotrematidae

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

It was recombined as Murchisonia lloydii by d'Archiac and de Verneuil (1841); it was recombined as Seelya lloydii by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); it was recombined as Bembexia lloydii by Donald (1905); it was recombined as Phanerotrema lloydii by Perner (1907); it was recombined as Bembexia (Murchisonia) lloydi by Lawson (1955); it was recombined as Ulrichospira lloydii by Wagner (1999), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Pleurotomaria lloydii de Sowerby and Murchison
1841Murchisonia lloydii d'Archiac and de Verneuil p. 160
1884Pleurotomaria lloydii Lindström p. 101 figs. pl. 7 f. 43-49; pl. 8 f. 1
1897Seelya lloydii Ulrich and Scofield p. 1012
1905Bembexia lloydii Donald p. 571
1907Phanerotrema lloydii Perner p. 7 figs. pl. 112 f. 1-4
1955Bembexia (Murchisonia) lloydi Lawson
1971Pleurotomaria lloydi Manten
1999Ulrichospira lloydii Wagner
2023Ulrichospira lloydii Wagner p. 2167

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyPhanerotrematidae
genusUlrichospira
specieslloydii()

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.

†Ulrichospira lloydii de Sowerby and Murchison 1839
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingsuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: detritivoresuperf
Vision: limitedsuperf
Created: 2025-08-08 09:12:40
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:12:40
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order
References: Wagner 2023, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Sheinwoodian to the top of the Ludfordian or 432.90000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden (Gotland) Pleurotomaria lloydii (3975)
Homerian430.6 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) Bembexia lloydii (23057)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Czechia (Bohemia) Pleurotomaria lloydii (106272)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Ukraine (Podolia) Pleurotomaria lloydi (155617 155618)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Sweden (Gotland) Pleurotomaria lloydi (13603) Pleurotomaria lloydii (155700)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0United Kingdom (England) Bembexia lloydi (23204 49643) Bembexia lloydii (480)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7United Kingdom (England) Bembexia lloydii (478)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7United Kingdom (Wales) Bembexia lloydi (74670 74671 74805)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Czechia (Bohemia) Pleurotomaria lloydii (104939)