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Plocezyga corona

Gastropoda - Pseudozygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Hemizyga (Plocezyga) corona was named by Knight (1930). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is SL-1. Headwaters of Feefee Creek, north of Olive St. & west of Lindberg Blvd., 1.5 km northwest of Stratmann (Olivette), which is in a Moscovian offshore shale in the Appanoose Formation of Missouri. It is the type species of Plocezyga (Plocezyga).

It was recombined as Gamizyga (Plocezyga) corona by Hoare and Sturgeon (1980); it was recombined as Plocezyga (Plocezyga) corona by Hoare and Sturgeon (1980); it was recombined as Plocezyga corona by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Hemizyga (Plocezyga) corona Knight p. 64 figs. pl. 4 f. 4
1967Hemizyga (Plocezyga) corona Yochelson and Saunders p. 96
1980Gamizyga (Plocezyga) corona Hoare and Sturgeon p. 160
1980Plocezyga (Plocezyga) corona Hoare and Sturgeon p. 1101
2001Hemizyga (Plocezyga) corona Kues and Batten p. 79 figs. f. 15.6
2023Plocezyga corona Wagner p. 6011

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyZygopleuroidea
familyPseudozygopleuridae()
genusPlocezyga()
speciescorona()

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.

†Plocezyga corona Knight 1930
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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

Age range: base of the Desmoinesian to the top of the Myachkovian or 312.80000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Missouri) Hemizyga corona (type locality: 69773)
Kashirian - Myachkovian313.8 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) Plocezyga corona (46548)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (New Mexico) Hemizyga corona (46536)