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Liospira lenticularis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae

Taxonomy
Trochus lenticularis was named by de Sowerby and Murchison (1839) [Trochus lenticularis de Sowerby in Murchison 1839]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Pleurotomaria lenticularis by d'Orbigny (1850), M'Coy (1851) and de la Touche (1884); it was recombined as Raphistoma lenticularis by Morris (1854), Bigsby (1868), Whitfield (1882) and Etheridge (1888); it was recombined as Scalites lenticularis by Rohr et al. (2004); it was recombined as Liospira lenticularis by Longstaff (1924), Pitcher (1939) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. spicula

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Trochus lenticularis de Sowerby and Murchison
1850Pleurotomaria lenticularis d'Orbigny p. 7
1851Pleurotomaria lenticularis M'Coy p. 291
1854Raphistoma lenticularis Morris p. 275
1854Trochus lenticularis Murchison pp. 194, 488 figs. pl. 10 f. 2
1868Raphistoma lenticularis Bigsby p. 165
1882Raphistoma lenticularis Whitfield p. 174
1884Pleurotomaria lenticularis de la Touche p. 62 figs. pl. 7 f. 151
1888Raphistoma lenticularis Etheridge p. 115
1924Liospira lenticularis Longstaff p. 413 figs. pl. 32 f. 5a-c
1924Liospira marklandensis McLearn
1939Liospira marklandensis Northrop p. 210
1939Liospira lenticularis Pitcher pp. 84 - 86 figs. pl. 1 f. 1
1977Liospira marklandensis Peel pp. 23 - 24 figs. pl. 2 f. 11-14
2004Scalites lenticularis Rohr et al. p. 228
2023Liospira lenticularis Wagner p. S1611

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyEotomariidaeWenz 1938
subfamilyLiospirinae
genusLiospira
specieslenticularis()

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.

†Liospira lenticularis de Sowerby and Murchison 1839
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Invalid names: Liospira marklandensis McLearn 1924 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available