Alaskozygopleura Blodgett 1992

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae

Alternative spelling: Alaskazygopleura

Full reference: R. B. Blodgett. 1992. Taxonomy and paleobiogeographic affinities of an early Middle Devonian (Eifelian) Gastropod faunule from the Livengood Quadrangle, East-Central Alaska. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 221:125-168

Parent taxon: Palaeozygopleuridae according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Blodgett 1992, Heidelberger and Bandel 1999 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bohemozyga, Bojozyga, Cimrmaniela, Devonozyga, Hainanema, Heteroloxonema, Hornyzyga, Kallispira, Medfrazyga, Palaeozygopleura, Pragozyga, Rhenozyga, Seleukella, Sturgeonospira, Urftia

Subtaxa: Alaskozygopleura crassicostata Alaskozygopleura eifelia Alaskozygopleura gracillium Alaskozygopleura hainensis

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Type: Alaskozygopleura crassicostata

Distribution:

• Devonian of Germany (1 collection), United States (4: Alaska, Michigan, Ohio)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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