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Loxonema rugosum

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae

Taxonomy
Murchisonia rugosum was named by Billings (1857). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Loxonema rugosum by Twenhofel (1928) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Murchisonia rugosum Billings p. 299
1866Murchisonia rugosum Billings pp. 18, 55
1928Loxonema rugosum Twenhofel pp. 252 - 253 figs. pl. 35 f. 6
2023Loxonema rugosum Wagner p. 3542

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

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 rugosum Billings 1857
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available