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Lophospira
Taxonomy
Lophospira was named by Whitfield (1886) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-l O Ashg-m]. Its type is Murchisonia milleri. It is the type genus of Lophospiridae, Lophospiroidea, Lophospirinae.
It was reranked as Pleurotomaria (Lophospira) by Perner (1907); it was reranked as Loxoplocus (Lophospira) by Knight et al. (1960).
It was assigned to Pleurotomariidae by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); to Pleurotomaria by Perner (1907); to Loxoplocus by Knight et al. (1960); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lophospiridae by Wagner (1999) and Bouchet et al. (2005).
It was reranked as Pleurotomaria (Lophospira) by Perner (1907); it was reranked as Loxoplocus (Lophospira) by Knight et al. (1960).
It was assigned to Pleurotomariidae by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); to Pleurotomaria by Perner (1907); to Loxoplocus by Knight et al. (1960); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lophospiridae by Wagner (1999) and Bouchet et al. (2005).
Species
L. abnormis, L. alata, L. alternans, L. angulata, L. bilirata, L. billingsi, L. borealis, L. calcifera, L. concurrens, L. conoidea, L. decursa, L. dubia, L. ferruginea, L. gumbinense, L. gyrogonia, L. infausta, L. infirma, L. jaekeli, L. kinosakii, L. konnoi, L. kuckersiana, L. lyckholmiensis, L. major, L. mickwitzi, L. milleri (syn. L. bicincta, L. medialis, L. procera, L. aspera, L. compressa, L. curvistriata, L. excavata, L. initialis, L. perfecta, L. seelyi, L. tienshanensis, Eunema ventricosa, L. minuta), L. modesta (syn. L. hermione), L. obliqua, L. ozakii, L. pagoda, L. perangulata (syn. L. tricarinata, L. aojii, L. yentaiensis, L. turritiformis, L. pulchella, L. acuminata, L. acuta, L. elegans, L. elongata, L. endoi, L. gerardi, L. inconsueta, L. minuata, L. obliquestriata, L. perelegans, L. perforata, L. sororcula, L. subpulchella, L. tateiwai, L. tenuise, L. vetusta, L. sinensis, L. subcylindrica, L. abbreviata, L. pulchelliformis, L. trilineata), L. producta, L. rectistriata (syn. L. manchuriensis, L. bantatsuense, L. yabei, L. subabbreviata, L. morrisi), L. sandbiana, L. selecta (syn. L. grabaui, L. kangyaoensis, L. trochoformis, L. trochiformis, L. kodairai), L. serrulata, L. shallockensis, L. spironema, L. subalata, L. subglobosa, L. superba, L. terrassa, L. tesakovi, L. trispiralis, L. variablis, L. ventricosa (syn. L. conradana)
Sister genera
Arjamannia, Biarmeaspira, Donaldiella (syn. Pagodispira), Ectomaria (syn. Solenospira), Frodospira, Hanusispira (syn. Bouskaspira, Finisterella), Itimaspira, Kawanamia, Longstaffia, Loxoplocus (syn. Kiviasukkaan, Eoworthenia), Manzanospira, Paupospira, Platyworthenia, Ptychozone, Ruedemannia (syn. Coronilla), Triredimiculum, Worthenia, Yochelsonospira
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Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1839 | Pleurotomaria angulata 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 |
| 1960 | Loxoplocus (Lophospira) Knight et al. p. 207 |
| 1975 | Cyclora depauperata Harrison and Harrison pp. 223-224 figs. pl. 5 f. 8-10 |
| 1999 | Loxoplocus (Lophospira) depauperata Frest et al. |
| 1999 | Lophospira Wagner |
| 2002 | Lophospira Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2005 | Lophospira Bouchet et al. p. 102 |
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