Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae
Alternative combination: Loxonema difficile
Full reference: F. W. Sardeson. 1902. The Carboniferous formations of Humboldt, Iowa. American Geologist 30:300-312
Belongs to Palaeozygopleura according to H. B. Rollins 1975
See also Sardeson 1902
Sister taxa: 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 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, Palaeozyga svobodai, Palaeozyga hanusi, Palaeozyga prantli, Palaeozygopleura (Palaeozyga) tenuicostata, Palaeozyga bohemica, Palaeozyga sulculosa, Palaeozyga roscobiensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Iowa collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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