Gastropoda - Zygopleuroidea - Pseudozygopleuridae
Full reference: R. D. Hoare and M. T. Sturgeon. 1978. The Pennyslvanian gastropod genera Cyclozyga and Helminthozyga and the classification of the Pseudozygopleuridae. Journal of Paleontology 52(4):850-858
Belongs to Cyclozyga according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Hoare and Sturgeon 1978
Sister taxa: Cyclozyga carinata, Cyclozyga micra, Cyclozyga mirabilis, Cyclozyga neotenica, Cyclozyga sinusigera
Type specimen: OSU 30415, a shell. Its type locality is Ss-4. Abandoned D&M Coal Co. strip mine. 4.8 kilometers west of Malvern, which is in a Desmoinesian marine shale/limestone in the Allegheny Formation of Ohio.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (5: Ohio collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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