Zygopleura roessleri Geinitz 1852 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae

Alternative combinations: Chemnitzia roessleri, Loxonema roessleri, Turbonilla roessleri

Synonym: Loxonema swedenborgiana King 1850

Full reference: H. B. Geinitz. 1852. Jahresbericht der Wetterauer Gesellschaft vor 1850/1851

Belongs to Zygopleura according to E. Dietz 1911

See also Geinitz 1852, Geinitz 1861, Howse 1857, King 1850, Kirkby 1857, Pattison et al. 1973 and von Schauroth 1854

Sister taxa: Zygopleura (Allostrophia), Zygopleura (Xizangospira), Zygopleura angulata, Zygopleura arctecostata, Zygopleura benoisti, Zygopleura brevis, Zygopleura cylindrica, Zygopleura dubia, Zygopleura dubia, Zygopleura elongata, Zygopleura etalensis, Zygopleura geniculata, Zygopleura goldbergi, Zygopleura granietzensis, Zygopleura haasi, Zygopleura hybrida, Zygopleura nitida, Zygopleura numidis, Zygopleura porulosa, Zygopleura simplex, Zygopleura spiralina, Zygopleura swalloviana, Zygopleura tenuis, Zygopleura tunisiensis, Zygopleura verrucosa, Zygopleura walmstedti, Zygopleura yunnanensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Germany (1 collection), the United Kingdom (4)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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