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Loxoplocus

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Loxoplocus Fischer p. 847
1960Loxoplocus Knight et al. p. 208
1975Kiviasukkaan Peel pp. 211 - 215
1977Loxoplocus Yochelson
1998Eoworthenia Frýda
1999Loxoplocus Wagner p. 30
2002Kiviasukkaan Sepkoski
2002Loxoplocus Sepkoski

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

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.

G. †Loxoplocus Fischer 1885
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Loxoplocus gothlandicus Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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Invalid names: Loxoplocus bijugosus Reed 1901 [synonym], Loxoplocus bispiralis Clarke and Ruedemann 1903 [synonym], Loxoplocus bucheri Foerste 1923 [synonym], Loxoplocus ehlersi Foerste 1923 [synonym], Loxoplocus guelphicus Whiteaves 1906 [synonym], Loxoplocus hespelerensis Whiteaves 1884 [synonym], Loxoplocus infidelis Perner 1903 [synonym], Loxoplocus luomianensis Xi and Yu 1990 [synonym], Loxoplocus rarissimus Perner 1903 [synonym], Loxoplocus vostokovae Kurushin 1986 [synonym]
Loxoplocus hyacinthensis Foerste 1924
Loxoplocus nelsonae Peel 1975
Loxoplocus sedgwicki Donald 1906
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Invalid names: Loxoplocus esthona Koken and Perner 1925 [synonym], Loxoplocus trilineata Pitcher 1939 [synonym], Loxoplocus turbinoides Koken and Perner 1925 [synonym]
Loxoplocus silurica d'Eichwald 1840
Loxoplocus soluta Whiteaves 1884
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Invalid names: Loxoplocus tropidophora Whiteaves 1884 [synonym]
Loxoplocus vermetus Koken 1897
Invalid names: Eoworthenia Frýda 1998 [synonym], Kiviasukkaan Peel 1975 [synonym]
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
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Knight et al. (1960).g
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: base of the Blackhillsian to the top of the Ludfordian or 474.90000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (86 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blackhillsian474.9 - 470.0USA (Utah) L. sp. (63933)
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (Kentucky) L. sp. (10745 10757 10758)
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.8USA (Kentucky) L. sp. (10720)
Lasnamagi463.5 - 460.9Estonia (Lääne) Worthenia silurica (87263)
Lasnamagi463.5 - 460.9Estonia L. silurica (56207 56208 56209)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Virginia) L. sp. (85644 85648 85651 85655 85657 85684 85687 85693 85705 85712 85717 85718)
Sandbian - Katian458.4 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) L. sp. (206391 206485 206494 206502 206503)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (Virginia) L. sp. (85577 85585 85600 85606 85617 85621)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (New York) L. sp. (104602 104605) L. spp. (104594)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) L. sp. (10722 10723 34545 34546 34559 34563)
Johvi453.0 - 449.9Estonia Worthenia silurica (155699)
Katian453.0 - 445.2USA (Kentucky) L. sp. (10752)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Québec) Lophospira hyacinthensis (164218 164231)
Nabala450.5 - 449.9Estonia (Harju) Worthenia turbinoides (87298 168550)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Estonia (Lääne) L. esthona (87307)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Estonia L. esthona (161163)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Estonia (Läänemaa) L. esthona (105065)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Lophospira vermetus (27193)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2Norway (Skiens-Langsund) Worthenia vermetus, Worthenia silurica (73450)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Ringerike) Worthenia vermetus (154605)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway Worthenia silurica (164563)
Rhuddanian443.4 - 440.8Canada (Nova Scotia) L. sedgwicki (3835) L. sp. A (3834) L. sp. B (3833)
Rhuddanian443.4 - 440.8United Kingdom (Scotland) Lophospira sedgwicki (73293)
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.4 - 438.5Russian Federation (Siberia) L. mojeroensis, L. vostokovae (206542 206543 206560) L. vostokovae (206465 206484)
Alexandrian443.4 - 436.0USA (Ohio) Lophospira ehlersi (155417)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4China (Guizhou) Lophospira luomianensis (56658)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom (Wales) Lophospira trilineata (56394)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) Lophospira bicincta (13597) Pleurotomaria bicincta (3973 3975 13547 154965 155697 155698)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5USA (Wisconsin) Kiviasukkaan nelsonae (153316)
Wenlock - Ludlow433.4 - 423.0USA (Wisconsin) L. gothlandicus (24944)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4USA (New York) Lophospira bispiralis (154368)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Canada (Ontario) Lophospira guelphica, Murchisonia soluta (155012)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Czech Republic Worthenia rarissima (155561)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Ukraine (Podolia) Pleurotomaria bicincta (155618)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Czech Republic (Bohemia) Worthenia infidelis (106307)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Czech Republic (Středočeský (Central Bohemian Region)) L. sp. (106004)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Sweden (Gotland) Pleurotomaria bicincta (13603)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Canada (Ontario) Murchisonia soluta (14196 154346) Murchisonia soluta, Murchisonia hespelerensis (155723)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Czech Republic (Bohemia) Worthenia infidelis (104939)