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Palaeozygopleura nexile

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Terebra nexilis was named by Sedgwick and Murchison (1840) [Terebra nexilis Sowerby in Sedgwick & Murchison 1840]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Loxonema nexilis by Phillips (1841), Hall (1843), Oehlert and Oehlert (1888), Etheridge (1888); it was recombined as Loxonema nexile by Whidborne (1891); it was recombined as Palaeozygopleura nexile by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Terebra nexilis Sedgwick and Murchison figs. pl. 54 f. 17
1841Loxonema nexilis Phillips p. 99 figs. pl. 38 f. 183a-c
1843Loxonema nexilis Hall
1888Loxonema nexilis Etheridge p. 163
1888Loxonema nexilis Oehlert and Oehlert p. 11 figs. pl. 7 f. 2
1891Loxonema nexile Whidborne pp. 175 - 177
2023Palaeozygopleura nexile Wagner p. S2620

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

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.

Palaeozygopleura nexile Sedgwick and Murchison 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:39:28
Modified: 2009-09-21 12:39:28
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Givetian or 387.95000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31United Kingdom (England) Loxonema nexile (129878)