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Hyphantozyga filicosta

Gastropoda - Pseudozygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Hemizyga (Hypantozyga) filicosta was named by Hoare (1961). Its type specimen is U. Iowa J.B. Owen Coll. 6154, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 42. Waste banks of the Missouri Public Service pits, just north of Clinton, which is in a Desmoinesian carbonate limestone/shale in the Cabaniss Formation of Missouri.

It was recombined as Hemizyga (Hyphantozyga) filicosta by Yochelson and Saunders (1967); it was recombined as Hyphantozyga filicosta by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Hemizyga (Hypantozyga) filicosta Hoare pp. 175-176 figs. pl. 21 f. 23
1967Hemizyga (Hyphantozyga) filicosta Yochelson and Saunders p. 95
2023Hyphantozyga filicosta Wagner p. S6396

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyZygopleuroidea
familyPseudozygopleuridae()
genusHyphantozyga()
speciesfilicosta()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Hyphantozyga filicosta Hoare 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
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