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Loxoplocus sedgwicki

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Lophospira sedgwicki was named by Donald (1906). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 6. Ladywell Wood of Mulloch Hill, which is in a Rhuddanian carbonate limestone in the Mulloch Hill Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Loxoplocus sedgwicki by Wagner (1999) and Wagner (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Lophospira sedgwicki Donald p. 562 figs. pl. 43 f. 11-12
1925Worthenia esthona Koken and Perner
1925Worthenia turbinoides Koken and Perner
1925Worthenia esthona Koken and Perner p. 162 figs. pl. 28 f. 1-2
1932Lophospira turbinoides Teichert
1932Schizolopha esthona Teichert p. 275
1939Lophospira trilineata Pitcher p. 89 figs. pl. 1 f. 11
1955Worthenia esthona Vostokova pp. 113 - 114 figs. pl. 7 f. 7
1977Lophospira sedgwicki Peel p. 24 figs. pl. 2 f. 23
1999Loxoplocus sedgwicki Wagner p. 30
2023Loxoplocus sedgwicki Wagner p. S1772

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

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 sedgwicki Donald 1906
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Invalid names: Loxoplocus esthona Koken and Perner 1925 [synonym], Loxoplocus trilineata Pitcher 1939 [synonym], Loxoplocus turbinoides Koken and Perner 1925 [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: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Nabala to the top of the Telychian or 450.50000 to 433.40000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nabala450.5 - 449.9Estonia (Harju) Worthenia turbinoides (87298 168550)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Estonia (Lääne) Loxoplocus esthona (87307)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Estonia Loxoplocus esthona (161163)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Estonia (Läänemaa) Loxoplocus esthona (105065)
Rhuddanian443.4 - 440.8United Kingdom (Scotland) Lophospira sedgwicki (type locality: 73293)
Rhuddanian443.4 - 440.8Canada (Nova Scotia) Loxoplocus sedgwicki (3835) Loxoplocus sp. A (3834) Loxoplocus sp. B (3833)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom (Wales) Lophospira trilineata (56394)