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Katoptychia hallii

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae

Taxonomy
Loxonema hallii was named by Whidborne (1896). Its type specimen is NDM.718 , a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Katoptychia hallii by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Loxonema hallii Whidborne p. 41 figs. pl. 5 f. 8
2003Loxonema hallii Amler and Heidelberger pp. 1183 - 1184 fig. 12a
2023Katoptychia hallii Wagner p. S2609

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyLoxonematoidea(Koken 1889)
familyLoxonematidae
genusKatoptychia
specieshallii()

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.

Katoptychia hallii Whidborne 1896
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. F. Whidborne 1896Approaching L. leviusculum, De Kon, but with fewer and broader whorls
G. F. Whidborne 1896Approaching L. leviusculum, De Kon, but with fewer and broader whorls.
M.R.W. Amler and D. Heidelberger 2003The small, conically elongate shell consists of seven or eight whorls increasing rapidly and constantly. The whorl profile is only slightly convex. The apex is acute.The sutures are fat and obtuse.Aperture, base and ornamentation are not preserved.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:40:43
Modified: 2009-09-21 12:40:43
Source: f = family, o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Famennian or 372.20000 to 358.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.2 - 358.9United Kingdom (England) Loxonema hallii (38143)