Plocezyga minuta Mazaev 2019 (snail)

Gastropoda - Zygopleuroidea - Pseudozygopleuridae

Full reference: A. V. Mazaev. 2019. Lower Permian gastropods of Shakhtau (Asselian–Sakmarian boundary beds, southern Cisuralia). Paleontological Journal 53:1237-1345

Belongs to Plocezyga according to A. V. Mazaev 2019

Sister taxa: Hemizyga (Plocezyga) abolescens, Hemizyga (Plocezyga) angularis, Hemizyga (Plocezyga) convertacostata, Hemizyga (Plocezyga) serocorona, Hemizyga (Plocezyga) tenuis, Plocezyga (Plocezyga), Plocezyga acuminata, Plocezyga boikoi, Plocezyga conica, Plocezyga convexa, Plocezyga cordiformis, Plocezyga corona, Plocezyga costata, Plocezyga delicata, Plocezyga excellens, Plocezyga gruendeli, Plocezyga indica, Plocezyga intermedia, Plocezyga lineata, Plocezyga lirata, Plocezyga markae, Plocezyga obscura, Plocezyga ornata, Plocezyga ornatissima, Plocezyga percostata, Plocezyga perminuta, Plocezyga regularia, Plocezyga salomonense, Plocezyga subnodosa, Plocezyga subquadrata, Plocezyga tenuilirata, Plocezyga turbinata, Plocezyga venusta

Type specimen: PIN 5538/7-49, a shell. Its type locality is Shakhtau open pit, sample 7, which is in an Asselian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Shakhtau Reef Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at Shakhtau open pit, sample 7

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