Hyphantozyga textilis Hoare and Sturgeon 1980

Gastropoda - Zygopleuroidea - Pseudozygopleuridae

Alternative combination: Gamizyga (Hyphantozyga) textilis

Full reference: R. D. Hoare and M. T. Sturgeon. 1980. The Pennsylvanian pseudozygopleurid gastropod genus Gamizyga n. gen. from Ohio and West Virginia. Journal of Paleontology 54(1):159-187

Belongs to Hyphantozyga according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Hoare and Sturgeon 1980

Sister taxa: Hyphantozyga fenestrata, Hyphantozyga filicosta, Hyphantozyga fusiforma, Hyphantozyga gracilis, Hyphantozyga grandis, Hyphantozyga granifera, Hyphantozyga khaophrikensis, Hyphantozyga knighti, Hyphantozyga noinskyi, Hyphantozyga perattenuata, Hyphantozyga pulchra, Ploceozyga (Hyphantozyga) cancellata, Ploceozyga (Hyphantozyga) matanensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Ga-1 Small abandoned quarry, 1.6 kilometers northeast of New Concord, which is in a Missourian marine limestone in the Glenshaw Formation of Ohio.

Distribution: found only at Ga-1. Small abandoned quarry, 1.6 kilometers northeast of New Concord

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