Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
Alternative combinations: Loxonema arctecostata, Loxonema arctecostatum, Turritella arctecostata
Synonyms: Melania rugosocostata Klipstein 1843, Melania tenuiplicata Klipstein 1843
Full reference: G. Münster. 1841. Beiträge zur Geognosie und Petrefacten-Kunde des südöstlichen Tirols vorzüglich der Schichten von St. Cassian. II. Beschreibung und Abbildung der in den Kalkmergelschichten von St. Cassian gefunden Versteinerungen. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 4:25-152
Belongs to Zygopleura according to H.-F. Yin and E. L. Yochelson 1983
See also Böhm 1895, Kittl 1894, Kittl 1899, Klipstein 1843, Münster 1841 and Pan 1977
Sister taxa: Zygopleura (Allostrophia), Zygopleura (Xizangospira), Zygopleura angulata, Zygopleura benoisti, Zygopleura brevis, Zygopleura cylindrica, Zygopleura dubia, Zygopleura dubia, Zygopleura etalensis, Zygopleura geniculata, Zygopleura goldbergi, Zygopleura granietzensis, Zygopleura haasi, Zygopleura hybrida, Zygopleura nitida, Zygopleura numidis, Zygopleura porulosa, Zygopleura roessleri, Zygopleura simplex, Zygopleura spiralina, Zygopleura swalloviana, Zygopleura tunisiensis, Zygopleura verrucosa, Zygopleura walmstedti, Zygopleura yunnanensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), China (12), Hungary (4), Italy (11)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence
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