Hypsipleura Koken 1892 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae

Parent taxon: Zygopleuridae according to S. K. Kiel et al. 2008

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Stanton 1895

Sister taxa: Allocosmia, Allostrophiinae, Ampezzopleurinae, Andangulariinae, Aristerostrophia, Azyga, Pseudokatosira, Raha, Virgella, Xizangospira, Zardinistylus, Zebalia, Zygopleurinae

Subtaxa: Hypsipleura gregaria Hypsipleura semiornata Hypsipleura subnodosa

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (1: California collection)

• Triassic of Hungary (4), Italy (6), Slovenia (1)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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