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Loxoplocus gothlandicus

Gastropoda - Lophospiridae

Discussion

= Pleurotomaria bicincta (Hall 1847) sensu Lindström 1884 106 - 107 pl. 8 f. 15-25

Taxonomy

Lophospira gothlandica was named by Ulrich and Scofield (1897). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Loxoplocus gotlandicus by Wagner (1999); it was recombined as Loxoplocus gothlandicus by Wagner (2017).

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Synonyms

Loxoplocus (Lophospira) vostokovae was named by Kurushin (1986) [= Loxoplocus (Lophospira) sp. Vostokova 1962 p. 17 pl. 3 f. 5-6]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Loxoplocus gothlandicus by Wagner (2017).
Murchisonia hespelerensis was named by Whiteaves (1884) [Murchisonia Hespelerensis]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hespeler, which is in a Ludlow open shallow subtidal dolomite in the Guelph Formation of Canada.

It was synonymized subjectively with Loxoplocus gothlandicus by Wagner (2017).
Lophospira luomianensis was named by Xi and Yu (1990). It is not extant. Its type locality is Luomianen, Kaili, which is in a Telychian carbonate limestone in the Xiushan Formation of China.

It was synonymized subjectively with Loxoplocus gothlandicus by Wagner (2017).
Lophospira bispiralis was named by Clarke and Ruedemann (1903). It is not extant. Its type locality is 1.75 miles south of Shelby, which is in a Homerian carbonate limestone in the Goat Island Formation of New York.

It was synonymized subjectively with Loxoplocus gotlandicus by Wagner (2017).
Lophospira bucheri was named by Foerste (1923). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Loxoplocus gothlandicus by Wagner (2017).
Lophospira ehlersi was named by Foerste (1923). It is not extant. Its type locality is Quarry ½ mile northwest of Centerville, which is in an Aeronian carbonate limestone in the Brassfield Formation of Ohio.

It was synonymized subjectively with Loxoplocus gothlandicus by Wagner (2017).
Lophospira guelphica was named by Whiteaves (1906). It is not extant. Its type locality is Durham, Billings Localities, which is in a Gorstian carbonate limestone/dolomite in the Guelph Formation of Canada.

It was synonymized subjectively with Loxoplocus gothlandicus by Wagner (2017).
Trochonema bijugosa was named by Reed (1901) [Trochonema bijugosa Salter in Cowper Reed 1901]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Loxoplocus gothlandicus by Wagner (2017).
Worthenia infidelis was named by Perner (1903) [Worthenia infidelis Barrande in Perner 1903]. It is not extant.

It was recombined as Pleurotomaria (Worthenia) infidelis by Perner (1907); it was synonymized subjectively with Loxoplocus gothlandicus by Wagner (2017).
Worthenia rarissima was named by Perner (1903) [Worthenia rarissima Barrande in Perner 1903]. It is not extant. It is the type species of Eoworthenia.

It was recombined as Pleurotomaria (Worthenia) rarissima by Perner (1907); it was recombined as Eoworthenia rarissima by Frýda (1998); it was synonymized subjectively with Loxoplocus gothlandicus by Wagner (2017).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1884	Murchisonia hespelerensis Whiteaves pp. 24 - 25 figs. pl. 4 f. 3
1897	Lophospira gothlandica Ulrich and Scofield p. 963
1901	Trochonema bijugosa Reed
1903	Lophospira bispiralis Clarke and Ruedemann
1903	Worthenia infidelis Perner figs. pl. 68 f. 16-17
1903	Worthenia rarissima Perner figs. pl. 62 f. 11-14
1906	Lophospira guelphica Whiteaves
1907	Pleurotomaria (Worthenia) infidelis Perner pp. 64 - 65 figs. text fig. 152
1907	Pleurotomaria (Worthenia) rarissima Perner p. 65
1923	Lophospira bucheri Foerste
1923	Lophospira ehlersi Foerste
1923	Lophospira bucheri Foerste pp. 107 - 108 figs. pl. 15 f. 9
1986	Loxoplocus (Lophospira) vostokovae Kurushin p. 105 figs. pl. 8 f. 8
1990	Lophospira luomianensis Xi and Yu pp. 620 - 622 figs. pl. I f. 10-13
1998	Eoworthenia rarissima Frýda p. 230
1999	Loxoplocus gotlandicus Wagner p. 30
2017	Loxoplocus gothlandicus Wagner

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa

Rank	Name	Author
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
superfamily	Trochonematoidea	()
family	Lophospiridae
genus	Loxoplocus
species	gothlandicus	()

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.

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available