Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
Alternative combination: Zygopleura rugosa
Full reference: R. L. Batten and W.L. Stokes. 1986. Early Triassic gastropods from the Sinbad Member of the Moenkopi Formation, San Rafael Swell, Utah. American Museum Novitates 2864:1-33
Belongs to Ampezzopleura according to A. Nützel and C. Schulbert 2005
See also Batten and Stokes 1986
Sister taxon: Ampezzopleura slovenica
Type specimen: AMNH 42991. Its type locality is AMNH3026, Windowblind Butte, San Rafael Swell, which is in a Smithian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal packstone in the Moenkopi Formation of Utah.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 1.91
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (2: Utah collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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