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Lophospira gyrogonia

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia gyrogonia was named by M'Coy (1851). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Lophospira gyrogonia by Ulrich and Scofield (1897), Donald (1906) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Murchisonia gyrogonia M'Coy p. 293 figs. pl. 1K f. 43
1897Lophospira gyrogonia Ulrich and Scofield p. 977
1906Lophospira gyrogonia Donald pp. 557 - 558 figs. pl. 43 f. 3-5
2023Lophospira gyrogonia Wagner p. 1660

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

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.

Lophospira gyrogonia M'Coy 1851
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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: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: herbivoreg
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2004-10-20 02:00:22
Modified: 2009-06-06 09:50:23
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available