Gastropoda - Zygopleuroidea - Pseudozygopleuridae
Alternative combinations: Eoptychia trochus, Microptychis trochus, Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) trochus
Full reference: J. B. Knight. 1930. The gastropods of the St. Louis, Missouri, Pennsylvanian outlier: the Pseudozygopleurinae. Journal of Paleontology Memoir 4(1):1-88
Belongs to Levizygopleura according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Bandel 2002, Hoare 1961, Knight 1930, Kues and Batten 2001 and Yochelson and Saunders 1967
Sister taxa: Levizygopleura charma, Levizygopleura composita, Levizygopleura elegans, Levizygopleura gracilis, Levizygopleura inornata, Levizygopleura magna, Levizygopleura williamsi
Type specimen: Its type locality is SL-1. Headwaters of Feefee Creek, north of Olive St. & west of Lindberg Blvd., 1.5 km northwest of Stratmann (Olivette), which is in a Moscovian offshore shale in the Appanoose Formation of Missouri.
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Missouri, New Mexico collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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