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Loxoplocus nelsonae

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Kiviasukkaan nelsonae was named by Peel (1975). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Ashford, which is in a Sheinwoodian carbonate dolomite in the Waukesha Formation of Wisconsin. It is the type species of Kiviasukkaan.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Kiviasukkaan nelsonae Peel
1999Loxoplocus nelsonae Wagner
2023Loxoplocus nelsonae Wagner p. 1770

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

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 nelsonae Peel 1975
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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: Sheinwoodian or 433.40000 to 430.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5USA (Wisconsin) Kiviasukkaan nelsonae (153316)