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Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) teres

Gastropoda - Pseudozygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Zygopleura teres was named by Girty (1915). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Station 429. 6th and Bluff streets, Kansas City, which is in a Missourian carbonate limestone in the Drum Formation of Missouri.

It was recombined as Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) teres by Knight (1930).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. cara

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Zygopleura teres Girty pp. 360 - 361 figs. pl. 32 f. 4, 4a
1930Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) teres Knight pp. 23, 49, 54

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyZygopleuroidea
familyPseudozygopleuridae()
genusPseudozygopleura
subgenusPseudozygopleura
speciesteres()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2025-08-07 22:21:22
Modified: 2025-08-07 22:21:22
Source: f = family
References: Kiessling 2004, Wagner 2023

Age range: Missourian or 306.00000 to 303.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Missouri) Zygopleura teres (type locality: 157613)