Genus Loxoconchella Triebel, 1954

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• Loxoconchella Triebel, E. 1954. Loxoconchella n. g. (Crust., Ostrac.). Senckenbergiana Lethaea 35(1-2): 17-21 [18].

  Type species:

   Loxoconcha honoluliensis Brady, 1880 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Along the tropical and subtropical coasts of the Pacific and Indian oceans.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait

Diagnosis

Carapace subrhomboidal in lateral view, highest behind middle, height equalling 2/3 of length. Anterior end well rounded, posterior end oblique, drawn out into bluntly truncate caudal process situated above middle. Dorsal margin with faint anterior and more pronounced posterior cardinal angle. Ventral margin anteriorly sinuate, posteriorly convex. Surface of valves pitted. Inner lamella narrow in oral region, wider elsewhere. Line of concrescence indistinct due to wide apertures of marginal pore canals. Hinge adont. 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. [390]

 

History of changes

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