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Zygopleura arctecostata

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Turritella arctecostata was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Loxonema arctecostata by Kittl (1894); it was recombined as Loxonema arctecostatum by Böhm (1895), Kittl (1899); it was recombined as Zygopleura arctecostata by Pan (1977), Yin and Yochelson (1983), Dominici (2024).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Z. berthaudi, Z. modestum, Z. seminodosa, Z. sturi, Z. subanthophylloides, Z. vittata

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Turritella arctecostata Münster p. 121 figs. Pl 13, fig 35
1843Melania tenuiplicata Klipstein p. 189 figs. Pl 12, fig 24
1843Melania rugosocostata Klipstein p. 191 figs. Pl 12, fig 31
1894Loxonema arctecostata Kittl p. 148 figs. Pl 4, figs 9-14
1895Loxonema arctecostatum Böhm p. 263
1899Loxonema arctecostatum Kittl p. 91
1977Zygopleura arctecostata Pan p. 110 figs. Pl 3, fig 22
1983Zygopleura arctecostata Yin and Yochelson p. 1117 figs. 5G,H,W-Z
2024Zygopleura arctecostata Dominici p. 47 figs. 19AR-AS

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyLoxonematoidea(Koken 1889)
familyZygopleuridaeWenz 1938
subfamilyZygopleurinaeWenz 1938
genusZygopleura
speciesarctecostata()

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.

†Zygopleura arctecostata Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Melania rugosocostata Klipstein 1843 [synonym], Melania tenuiplicata Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height713.05.5026.013.97.18

Composition: aragoniteo
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: base of the Pelsonian to the top of the Julian or 244.24000 to 233.60000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Austria (Innsbruck) Loxonema arctecostata (202275)
Pelsonian - Illyrian244.24 - 241.464China (Guizhou) Zygopleura arctecostata (31617 31618 31619 31620 31621 31623 31631 31632 44248 44250 121732)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Italy (Liguria) Zygopleura arctecostata (44714)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Italy Zygopleura arctecostata (236005)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Loxonema arctecostata (144631 144633) Turritella arctecostata (137429) Zygopleura arctecostata (69650 69665 69668 69669 69670 69674)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3China (Yunnan) Zygopleura arctecostata (165396)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Bosnia and Herzegovina Loxonema arctecostatum (206616)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Hungary (Bakony) Loxonema arctecostatum (203197 203199 203210 203276)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy (South Tyrol) Loxonema arctecostatum (205157)