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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	10425023	https://www.gbif.org/species/10425023
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	8943	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8943

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae : Lophospira

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
superfamily	Trochonematoidea
family	Lophospiridae	Wenz 1938
genus	Lophospira	Whitfield 1886

Scientific Name

Lophospira Whitfield, 1886

Name Published In

Bull. Amer. Mus., 1, no. 7-8

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Lophospira	genus	belongs to Pleurotomariidae	stated with evidence	Ulrich and Scofield, 1897
Lophospira	subgenus	belongs to Pleurotomaria	stated without evidence	Perner, 1907
Lophospira	subgenus	belongs to Loxoplocus	stated with evidence	Knight et al., 1960
Lophospira	genus	belongs to Lophospiridae	stated with evidence	Wagner, 1999
Lophospira	genus	belongs to Archaeogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Lophospira	genus	belongs to Lophospiridae	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

485 - 479 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

443 - 433 Ma
Silurian

Motility

actively mobile

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

herbivore

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Knight et al. (1960).

Taphonomy

minor ribbing

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. P. Whitfield. 1886. Notice of geological investigations along the eastern shore of Lake Champlain, conducted by Prof. H.J. Seely and Pres. Ezra Brainerd, of Middlebury College, with descriptions of the new fossils discovered. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 1(8):24-35

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Clathrospira infirma ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Lophospira abnormis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Lophospira billingsi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Lophospira burginensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lophospira calcifera ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Lophospira concurrens ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Lophospira conica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lophospira conoidea ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Lophospira convexa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lophospira decursa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Lophospira dubia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Lophospira ferruginea ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Lophospira gumbinense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Lophospira humlis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lophospira kinosakii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Lophospira lyckholmiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Lophospira major ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		14	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	453 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Lophospira manitoulinensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Lophospira notabilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lophospira obliqua ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Lophospira ohioensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lophospira ozakii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	467 Ma Middle Ordovician	467 Ma Middle Ordovician
Lophospira pagoda ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Lophospira palmata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lophospira parvigena species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lophospira producta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Lophospira rectistriata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		19	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Lophospira sandbiana ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Lophospira sexcarinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lophospira shallockensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Lophospira spironema ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Lophospira subglobosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Lophospira superba ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	468 Ma Middle Ordovician
Lophospira terrassa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	467 Ma Middle Ordovician	467 Ma Middle Ordovician
Lophospira trispiralis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Lophospira ulrichi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lophospira variablis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Lophospira viator species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Loxoplocus tesakovi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Murchisonia bilirata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Murchisonia concurrens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Murchisonia gyrogonia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Murchisonia major species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Murchisonia milleri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		67	472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	445 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Murchisonia modesta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Murchisonia perangulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		162	485 Ma Cambrian	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Murchisonia serrulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		38	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Murchisonia ventricosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		23	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Pleurotomaria infausta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Pleurotomaria selecta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	467 Ma Middle Ordovician
Schizolopha kuckersiana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Worthenia alata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Worthenia alternans ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Worthenia jaekeli ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Worthenia mickwitzi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Worthenia subalata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria depauperata (Hall & Whitney, 1862)	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae : *Pleurotomaria depauperata*
Lophospira angulata (de Sowerby & Murchison, 1839)	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae : *Lophospira angulata*
Pleurotomaria angulata (de Sowerby & Murchison, 1839)	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae : *Pleurotomaria angulata*
Cyclora depauperata (Hall & Whitney, 1862)	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae : *Cyclora depauperata*
Loxoplocus depauperata (Hall & Whitney, 1862)	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae : *Loxoplocus depauperata*
Lophospira depauperata (Hall & Whitney, 1862)	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lophospiridae : *Lophospira depauperata*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1839	Pleurotomaria angulata de Sowerby and Murchison p. 641 figs. pl. 21 f. 20
1862	Pleurotomaria depauperata Hall and Whitney p. 55 fig. 5
1886	Lophospira Whitfield
1897	Lophospira Ulrich and Scofield
1907	Pleurotomaria (Lophospira) Perner
1925	Pleurotomaria (Lophospira) depauperata Ladd fig. 366
1929	Lophospira depauperata Ladd

Year	Name and Author
1960	Loxoplocus (Lophospira) Knight et al. p. 207
1975	Cyclora depauperata Harrison and Harrison pp. 223-224 figs. pl. 5 f. 8-10
1977	Loxoplocus (Lophospira) Yochelson
1999	Loxoplocus (Lophospira) depauperata Frest et al.
1999	Lophospira Wagner
2002	Lophospira Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Lophospira Bouchet et al. p. 102

References

Whitfield R. P. Notice of geological investigations along the eastern shore of Lake Champlain, conducted by Prof. H.J. Seely and Pres. Ezra Brainerd, of Middlebury College, with descriptions of the new fossils discovered, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 1 8, 24-35

de Sowerby J. C., Murchison R. I. The Silurian System. Part 2. Organic Remains, The Silurian System 2, 579-768

Hall J., Whitney J.D. Report of the Geological Survey of the State of Wisconsin, Report of the Geological Survey of the State of Wisconsin 1

Ulrich E. O., Scofield W. H. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota, The Paleontology of Minnesota 39 2, 813-1081

Perner J. (1907) , Gastéropodes, Tome 2: Pleurotomaridae et Murchisonidae, 1-380

Ladd H. S. (1925) Depauperate fauna of the Maquoketa, Geological Society of America Bulletin 36 1, 1-228

Ladd H. S. (1929) The stratigraphy and paleontology of the Maquoketa shale of Iowa, Annual Report of the State Geologist 34, 305-448

Knight J. B., Cox L. R., et al (1960) Systematic descriptions, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Mollusca I 1, 169-339

Harrison W. B., Harrison L. K. (1975) A Maquoketa-like molluscan community in the Brassfield Formation (Early Silurian) of Adams County, Ohio, Bulletins of American Paleontology 67, 193-234

Frest T. J., Brett C. E., et al (1999) Caradocian-Gedinnian echinoderm associations of Central and Eastern North America, Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian, 638-783

Wagner P. J. (1999) The utility of fossil data in phylogenetic analyses: a likelihood example using Ordovician-Silurian species of the Lophospiridae (Gastropoda: Murchisoniina), American Malacological Bulletin 15 1, 1-31

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bull. Amer. Mus., 1, no. 7-8 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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