Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae
Alternative combinations: Holopella piligera, Loxonema piligera
Full reference: G. Sandberger and F. Sandberger. 1855. Die Versteinerungen rheinischen Schichtensystems in Nassau 233-564
Belongs to Palaeozygopleura according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Heidelberger 2001, Holzapfel 1882, Kirchner 1915, Paeckelmann 1922, Sandberger and Sandberger 1855 and Whidborne 1891
Sister taxa: Palaeozygopleura (Palaeozygopleura), Palaeozygopleura alinae, Palaeozygopleura angulosum, Palaeozygopleura antiqua, Palaeozygopleura arcuata, Palaeozygopleura attenuata, Palaeozygopleura benniana, Palaeozygopleura bouskai, Palaeozygopleura canningensis, Palaeozygopleura chlupaci, Palaeozygopleura delphicola, Palaeozygopleura devonicans, Palaeozygopleura difficile, Palaeozygopleura dodgeyi, Palaeozygopleura funatum, Palaeozygopleura glabra, Palaeozygopleura hamiltoniae, Palaeozygopleura incurvilineatum, Palaeozygopleura joani, Palaeozygopleura kaupii, Palaeozygopleura laeviusculum, Palaeozygopleura lamellosa, Palaeozygopleura laxa, Palaeozygopleura lefeburii, Palaeozygopleura lukesi, Palaeozygopleura missouriensis, Palaeozygopleura multiplicata, Palaeozygopleura muoni, Palaeozygopleura nexile, Palaeozygopleura noe, Palaeozygopleura obesa, Palaeozygopleura obliquearcuatum, Palaeozygopleura orlejensis, Palaeozygopleura parva, Palaeozygopleura parvula, Palaeozygopleura ranellaeforme, Palaeozygopleura rectistriatum, Palaeozygopleura redensis, Palaeozygopleura robroystonensis, Palaeozygopleura roemeri, Palaeozygopleura sandbergi, Palaeozygopleura scalaroides, Palaeozygopleura sibleyensis, Palaeozygopleura sicula, Palaeozygopleura styliola, Palaeozygopleura tenuicostata, Palaeozygopleura tenuisulcata, Palaeozygopleura terebra, Palaeozygopleura vaneki, Palaeozygopleura venusta, Palaeozygopleura verticalis, Palaeozygopleura vesna, Palaeozygopleura vostokovae, Palaeozygopleura welleri, Palaeozygopleura wortheni, Palaeozyga prantli, Palaeozyga hanusi, Palaeozyga sulculosa, Palaeozyga roscobiensis, Palaeozygopleura (Palaeozyga) tenuicostata, Palaeozyga svobodai, Palaeozyga bohemica
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Germany (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.