Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae

Alternative spelling: Loxisonia

Full reference: R. L. Batten. 1985. Gastropods and chitons from Perak, Malaysia. Part 3: the murchisoniids, cerithiids, loxonematids, and subulitids. American Museum Novitates 2829:1-40

Parent taxon: Murchisoniidae according to P. J. Wagner 2011

Sister taxa: Aclisina, Arribazona, Barroisocaulus, Bellazona, Biangularia, Brilonella, Cheilotomona, Cibecuia, Crenulazona, Cyrtostropha, Devonocerithioides, Domiporta, Farewellia, Glyphodeta, Helicospira, Leptorima, Lodanaria, Mesocoelia, Michelia, Micrentoma, Morania, Murchisonia, Parahormotomina, Protospira, Pseudoaclisina, Trypanocochlea, Vebericochlis, Vistilia, Vladanella, Wuxuanella

Subtaxa: Loxisonia hormotoma, Loxisonia zygopleuroides

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder