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Devonocerithioides loxonemoides

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia loxonemoides was named by Whidborne (1892). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Wolborough Quarry, on the east side of the A381 due east of Wolborough church, which is in a Givetian carbonate limestone in the Torquay Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Devonocerithioides loxonemoides by Heidelberger (2001) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Murchisonia loxonemoides Whidborne p. 317 figs. pl. 30 f. 17-18, 18a
1912Murchisonia loxonemoides Mansuy p. 61 figs. pl. 11 f. 2a-c
1963Murchisonia loxonemoides Yu et al. p. 122 figs. pl. 32 f. 16-17
2001Devonocerithioides loxonemoides Heidelberger p. 155
2004Murchisonia loxonemoides Cook and Pan pp. 419 - 420 figs. f. 3A-E, Table 3
2023Devonocerithioides loxonemoides Wagner p. 2546

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyMurchisonioidea()
familyMurchisoniidae
genusDevonocerithioides
speciesloxonemoides()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available