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Zygopleura tenuis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Turritella tenuis 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 tenuis by Kittl (1894); it was recombined as Loxonema tenue by Böhm (1895) and Kittl (1899); it was recombined as Ampezzopleura tenuis by Bandel (1991); it was recombined as Zygopleura tenuis by Pan (1977) and 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 tenuis Münster p. 121 figs. Pl 13, fig 31
1841Turritella nodosoplicata Münster p. 122 figs. Pl 13, fig 39
1843Turritella acuticostata Klipstein p. 179 figs. Pl 11, fig 27
1894Loxonema tenuis Kittl p. 146 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-5
1895Loxonema tenue Böhm p. 262
1899Loxonema tenue Kittl p. 89
1977Zygopleura tenuis Pan p. 109 figs. Pl 3, figs 10,11
1991Ampezzopleura tenuis Bandel p. 255 fig. 31,32
2024Zygopleura tenuis Dominici p. 47 figs. 19AJ-AM

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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
speciestenuis()

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 tenuis Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Turritella acuticostata Klipstein 1843 [synonym], Turritella nodosoplicata Münster 1841 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height313.711.218.712.24.07

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 Anisian to the top of the Sevatian or 247.20000 to 205.60000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Austria (Innsbruck) Loxonema tenuis (202275)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) Zygopleura tenuis (31619 31632)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Italy Zygopleura tenuis (236003 236004 236005)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0China (Yunnan) Zygopleura tenuis (165315)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy Zygopleura tenuis (164191 164208)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Ampezzopleura tenuis (128680) Loxonema tenuis (144631 144633) Turritella tenuis, Turritella nodosoplicata (type locality: 137429) Zygopleura tenuis (34692 69660 69661 69664 69665 69668 69680 202422)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6USA (Idaho) Ampezzopleura tenuis (38377)