Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae
Synonyms: Palaeozyga Horný 1955, Palaeozygopleura (Palaeozyga) Horný 1955
Full reference: R. J. Horný. 1955. Palaeozygopleuridae nov. fam. (Gastropoda) ze stredoceskeho devonu. Sbornik Ustredního Ústavuu Geologického oddíl Paleontologicky 21(1):17-74
Parent taxon: Palaeozygopleuridae according to C. Ketwetsuriya et al. 2020
See also Bouchet et al. 2005, Fryda et al. 2013, Heidelberger and Koch 2005, Horný 1955, Knight et al. 1960 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alaskozygopleura, Bohemozyga, Bojozyga, Cimrmaniela, Devonozyga, Hainanema, Heteroloxonema, Hornyzyga, Kallispira, Medfrazyga, Pragozyga, Rhenozyga, Seleukella, Sturgeonospira, Urftia
Subtaxa: Palaeozyga bohemica Palaeozyga hanusi Palaeozyga prantli Palaeozyga roscobiensis Palaeozyga sulculosa Palaeozyga svobodai Palaeozygopleura (Palaeozyga) tenuicostata Palaeozygopleura (Palaeozygopleura) Palaeozygopleura alinae Palaeozygopleura angulosum Palaeozygopleura antiqua Palaeozygopleura arcuata Palaeozygopleura attenuata Palaeozygopleura benniana Palaeozygopleura bouskai Palaeozygopleura canningensis Palaeozygopleura chlupaci Palaeozygopleura delphicola Palaeozygopleura devonicans Palaeozygopleura difficile Palaeozygopleura dodgeyi Palaeozygopleura funatum Palaeozygopleura glabra Palaeozygopleura hamiltoniae Palaeozygopleura incurvilineatum Palaeozygopleura joani Palaeozygopleura kaupii Palaeozygopleura laeviusculum Palaeozygopleura lamellosa Palaeozygopleura laxa Palaeozygopleura lefeburii Palaeozygopleura lukesi Palaeozygopleura missouriensis Palaeozygopleura multiplicata Palaeozygopleura muoni Palaeozygopleura nexile Palaeozygopleura noe Palaeozygopleura obesa Palaeozygopleura obliquearcuatum Palaeozygopleura orlejensis Palaeozygopleura parva Palaeozygopleura parvula Palaeozygopleura piligera Palaeozygopleura ranellaeforme Palaeozygopleura rectistriatum Palaeozygopleura redensis Palaeozygopleura robroystonensis Palaeozygopleura roemeri Palaeozygopleura sandbergi Palaeozygopleura scalaroides Palaeozygopleura sibleyensis Palaeozygopleura sicula Palaeozygopleura styliola Palaeozygopleura tenuicostata Palaeozygopleura tenuisulcata Palaeozygopleura terebra Palaeozygopleura vaneki Palaeozygopleura venusta Palaeozygopleura verticalis Palaeozygopleura vesna Palaeozygopleura vostokovae Palaeozygopleura welleri Palaeozygopleura wortheni
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Thailand (1 collection), Venezuela (1)
• Carboniferous of Australia (12), Ireland (1), Poland (2), the United Kingdom (7), United States (10: California, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Oklahoma)
• Givetian of France (3)
• Devonian of Australia (6), the Czech Republic (21), Germany (10), Kyrgyzstan (1), Morocco (7), New Zealand (1), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (87: Alaska, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania)
• Silurian of United States (1: California)
Total: 177 collections including 210 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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