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Loxoplocus gothlandicus

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - 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 (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Murchisonia hespelerensis Whiteaves pp. 24 - 25 figs. pl. 4 f. 3
1897Lophospira gothlandica Ulrich and Scofield p. 963 fig. 963
1901Trochonema bijugosa Reed
1903Lophospira bispiralis Clarke and Ruedemann
1903Worthenia infidelis Perner figs. pl. 68 f. 16-17
1903Worthenia rarissima Perner
1906Lophospira guelphica Whiteaves
1907Pleurotomaria (Worthenia) infidelis Perner pp. 64 - 65 figs. text fig. 152
1907Pleurotomaria (Worthenia) rarissima Perner p. 65
1923Lophospira bucheri Foerste
1923Lophospira ehlersi Foerste
1923Lophospira bucheri Foerste pp. 107 - 108 figs. pl. 15 f. 9
1986Loxoplocus (Lophospira) vostokovae Kurushin p. 105 figs. pl. 8 f. 8
1990Lophospira luomianensis Xi and Yu pp. 620 - 622 figs. pl. I f. 10-13
1998Eoworthenia rarissima Frýda p. 230
1999Loxoplocus gotlandicus Wagner p. 30
2023Loxoplocus gothlandicus Wagner

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

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.

Loxoplocus gothlandicus Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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Invalid names: Loxoplocus bijugosus Reed 1901 [synonym], Loxoplocus bispiralis Clarke and Ruedemann 1903 [synonym], Loxoplocus bucheri Foerste 1923 [synonym], Loxoplocus ehlersi Foerste 1923 [synonym], Loxoplocus guelphicus Whiteaves 1906 [synonym], Loxoplocus hespelerensis Whiteaves 1884 [synonym], Loxoplocus infidelis Perner 1903 [synonym], Loxoplocus luomianensis Xi and Yu 1990 [synonym], Loxoplocus rarissimus Perner 1903 [synonym], Loxoplocus vostokovae Kurushin 1986 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 100 to < 1000g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-06 07:51:08
Modified: 2009-06-06 09:51:08
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Rhuddanian to the top of the Ludfordian or 443.40000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.4 - 438.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Loxoplocus vostokovae (206465 206484 206542 206543 206560)
Alexandrian443.4 - 436.0USA (Ohio) Lophospira ehlersi (155417)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4China (Guizhou) Lophospira luomianensis (56658)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) Lophospira bicincta (13597) Pleurotomaria bicincta (3973 3975 13547 154965 155697 155698)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0USA (Wisconsin) Loxoplocus gothlandicus (24944)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4USA (New York) Lophospira bispiralis (154368)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Ukraine (Podolia) Pleurotomaria bicincta (155618)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Czech Republic (Bohemia) Worthenia infidelis (106307)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Sweden (Gotland) Pleurotomaria bicincta (13603)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Canada (Ontario) Lophospira guelphica (155012)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Czech Republic Worthenia rarissima (155561)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Canada (Ontario) Murchisonia hespelerensis (155723)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Czech Republic (Bohemia) Worthenia infidelis (104939)