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Palaeozygopleura lukesi

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Palaeozygopleura lukesi was named by Fryda et al. (2013). Its type specimen is UUG JF 922, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Císařský lom, which is in a Pragian carbonate limestone in the Praha Formation of Czechia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Palaeozygopleura lukesi Fryda et al. p. 481 fig. 3A–N

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyLoxonematoidea(Koken 1889)
familyPalaeozygopleuridae
genusPalaeozygopleura
specieslukesi

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Palaeozygopleura lukesi Fryda et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Fryda et al. 2013Palaeozygopleura with slightly convex sides, convex whorl profile; whorls symmetrically arched, ornamented by prominent, regularly spaced, asymmetrically curved opisthocyrt costae; costae covering lateral as well as basal surface of whorls (Fig. 3F); collabral costae culminating slightly above mid-whorl; angle between costae and lower as well as upper suture about 45 degrees; pleural angle of adult shell about 15 degrees; apical angle at first three whorls about 28 degrees; diameter of first half of whorl about 0.27 mm.