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Loxoplocus soluta

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia soluta was named by Whiteaves (1884). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Eurypterid-associated biota of the dolomite of the Lockport Fmn. at Elora, Ont., which is in a Ludlow open shallow subtidal dolomite in the Guelph Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Loxoplocus soluta by Fischer (1885), Wagner (1999) and Wagner (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Murchisonia soluta Whiteaves
1884Murchisonia tropidophora Whiteaves
1885Loxoplocus soluta Fischer
1885Loxoplocus tropidophora Fischer
1999Loxoplocus soluta Wagner
2023Loxoplocus soluta Wagner p. 1775

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

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 soluta Whiteaves 1884
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Invalid names: Loxoplocus tropidophora Whiteaves 1884 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available