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Loxonema walcotti

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae

Taxonomy
Loxonema walcotti was named by Blodgett and Johnson (1992). Its type locality is USNM 10807. 3 miles N & W of Roberts Creek Ranch, Roberts Mountains, which is in an Eifelian marine packstone in the Denay Limestone Formation of Nevada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Loxonema walcotti Blodgett and Johnson p. 127 figs. pl. 18 f. 1-8
2023Loxonema walcotti Wagner p. 1755

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

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.

Loxonema walcotti Blodgett and Johnson 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-06-06 08:07:05
Modified: 2009-06-06 10:07:05
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy 2009

Age range: Eifelian or 393.30000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Nevada) Loxonema walcotti (3825 3828 type locality: 3830 44139)