Gastropoda - Zygopleuroidea - Pseudozygopleuridae
Alternative combination: Gamizyga (Hyphantozyga) knighti
Full reference: R. D. Hoare and M. T. Sturgeon. 1980. The Pennsylvanian pseudozygopleurid gastropod genus Gamizyga n. gen. from Ohio and West Virginia. Journal of Paleontology 54(1):159-187
Belongs to Hyphantozyga according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Hoare and Sturgeon 1980, Kues and Batten 2001 and Nützel 1998
Sister taxa: Hyphantozyga fenestrata, Hyphantozyga filicosta, Hyphantozyga fusiforma, Hyphantozyga gracilis, Hyphantozyga grandis, Hyphantozyga granifera, Hyphantozyga khaophrikensis, Hyphantozyga noinskyi, Hyphantozyga perattenuata, Hyphantozyga pulchra, Hyphantozyga textilis, Ploceozyga (Hyphantozyga) cancellata, Ploceozyga (Hyphantozyga) matanensis
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (5: New Mexico, Ohio collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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