Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae
Alternative combinations: Loxonema parva, Loxonema parvulum
Full reference: R. P. Whitfield. 1882. On the fauna of the Lower Carboniferous limestones of Spergen Hill, Indiana, with a revision of the descriptions of its Fossils hitherto published, and illustrations of the species from the original type series. American Museum of Natural History Bulletin 1:39-97
Belongs to Palaeozygopleura according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Carman 1936, Whitfield 1882 and Whitfield 1895
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 piligera, Palaeozygopleura ranellaeforme, Palaeozygopleura redensis, Palaeozygopleura robroystonensis, Palaeozygopleura roemeri, Palaeozygopleura sandbergi, Palaeozygopleura scalaroides, Palaeozygopleura sibleyensis, Palaeozygopleura sicula, Palaeozygopleura solida, Palaeozygopleura styliola, Palaeozygopleura tenuicostata, Palaeozygopleura tenuisulcata, Palaeozygopleura terebra, Palaeozygopleura vaneki, Palaeozygopleura venusta, Palaeozygopleura verticalis, Palaeozygopleura vesna, Palaeozygopleura vostokovae, Palaeozygopleura welleri, Palaeozygopleura wortheni, Palaeozyga sulculosa, Palaeozyga svobodai, Palaeozyga roscobiensis, Palaeozygopleura (Palaeozyga) tenuicostata, Palaeozyga bohemica, Palaeozyga prantli, Palaeozyga hanusi
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (3: Ohio collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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