MolluscaBase - Loxonema gigantea C. L. Webster, 1888 †

MolluscaBase name details

Loxonema gigantea C. L. Webster, 1888 †

AphiaID

1802640 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1802640)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded combination

Accepted name

Westerna gigantea (C. L. Webster, 1888) †

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Westerna C. L. Webster, 1905 †

Parent

Loxonema J. Phillips, 1841 †

Original name

Loxonema gigantea C. L. Webster, 1888 †

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Webster, C. L. (1888). Notes on the Rockford Shales. <em>The American Naturalist.</em> 22: 444-446., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41533184
page(s): 415-416 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Iowa

type locality contained in Iowa [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Loxonema gigantea C. L. Webster, 1888 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1802640 on 2025-04-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2025-03-08 14:03:30Z

created

Neubauer, Thomas A.

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Sources (1)
Documented distribution (1)

original description Webster, C. L. (1888). Notes on the Rockford Shales. <em>The American Naturalist.</em> 22: 444-446., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41533184
page(s): 415-416 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality