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Lophospira mickwitzi

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Worthenia mickwitzi was named by Koken (1896). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Loxoplocus (Lophospira) mickwitzi by Rõõmusoks (1970); it was recombined as Lophospira mickwitzi by Teichert (1932), Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Worthenia mickwitzi Koken p. 394
1897Worthenia mickwitzi Koken p. 143
1925Worthenia mickwitzi Koken and Perner pp. 159 - 160 figs. pl. 28 f. 20; pl. 29 f. 20
1932Lophospira mickwitzi Teichert
1970Loxoplocus (Lophospira) mickwitzi Rõõmusoks p. 122
2023Lophospira mickwitzi Wagner p. 1671

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

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 mickwitzi Koken 1896
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Lasnamagi to the top of the Johvi or 461.40000 to 449.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lasnamagi461.4 - 459.7Estonia (Harjumaa) Worthenia mickwitzi (172831)
Lasnamagi461.4 - 459.7Estonia Loxoplocus mickwitzi (56211)
Lasnamagi461.4 - 459.7Estonia (Harju) Lophospira mickwitzi (168497)
Uhaku459.7 - 458.0Estonia Loxoplocus mickwitzi (56206)
Idavere - Johvi458.0 - 449.9Estonia (Lääne-Viru) Lophospira mickwitzi (165517)