Genus Loxoconcha Sars, 1866

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Genus Loxoconcha Sars, 1866

Loxoconcha Sars, G.O. 1866. Oversigt af Norges Marine Ostracoder. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania 1865: 1-130 [61].
Type species:
Cythere rhomboidea Fischer, 1855 (=Loxoconcha rhomboidea (Fischer, 1855)) by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Central E coast, G. Aust. Bight, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, NW coast, S Gulfs coast, SW coast

Diagnosis

Carapace rhomboidal, ovate or elongate, mostly with rather inflated valves. Anterior end rounded, posterior end upwardly rounded, in some forms with clear caudal process. Surface smooth or pitted. Inner lamella wide anteriorly, less wide in posterior and ventral regions. Moderately wide anterior vestibulum and elongate narrow posterior one present. Line of concrescence running subparallel to outer margin. Marginal pore canals simple, straight, widely and more or less evenly spaced. Hinge of aberrant amphidont type. Normal pores of sieve type.

Diagnosis References

Morkhoven, van F.P.C.M. 1963. Post-Palaeozoic Ostracoda, their Morphology, Taxonomy and Economic Use. Amsterdam-London-New York : Elsevier Publishing Company Vol. 2 pp. 1-478. [387]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Feb-2012		29-Feb-2012	MOVED
		30-Mar-2010	MODIFIED

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