Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae
Alternative combinations: Loxonema kaupii, Melania kaupii
Full reference: G. A. Goldfuss. 1844. Divisio quinta. Molluscorum gasteropodum reliquiae. Petrefacta Germaniae et ea, quae in Museuo Universitatis Regiae, Borussicae Frederischiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur et alia quacungue in Museis Hueninghausiano, Muensteriano aliisque exstant, iconibus et descriptionnibus illustrata 3(5):1-120
Belongs to Palaeozygopleura according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Goldfuss 1844, Heidelberger 2001, Heidelberger and Bandel 1999 and Kirchner 1915
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 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 piligera, 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 svobodai, Palaeozyga sulculosa, Palaeozyga prantli, Palaeozyga hanusi, Palaeozygopleura (Palaeozyga) tenuicostata, Palaeozyga bohemica, Palaeozyga roscobiensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Germany (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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