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Loxonema praeteritum

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae

Taxonomy
Stylonema praeteritum was named by Longstaff (1909) [Stylonema (?) praeteritum Longstaff 1909]. It is not extant. Its type locality is Locality 6. Ladywell Wood of Mulloch Hill, which is in a Rhuddanian carbonate limestone in the Mulloch Hill Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Loxonema praeteritum by Rohr et al. (1979) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Stylonema praeteritum Longstaff
1979Loxonema praeteritum Rohr et al.
2023Loxonema praeteritum Wagner p. 3638

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyLoxonematoidea(Koken 1889)
familyLoxonematidae
genusLoxonema
speciespraeteritum(Longstaff 1909)

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 praeteritum Longstaff 1909
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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: base of the Rhuddanian to the top of the Siegen or 443.40000 to 409.10000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhuddanian443.4 - 440.8United Kingdom (Scotland) Stylonema praeteritum (type locality: 73293)
Gedinnine416.0 - 412.3Kazakhstan (Karagandinskaya Oblast) Loxonema praeteritum (69181 69185 69186 69187 69188 69191)
Siegen412.3 - 409.1Kazakhstan (Karagandinskaya Oblast) Loxonema praeteritum (69190)