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Microptychis pygmaea

Gastropoda - Pseudozygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Microptychis pygmaea was named by Longstaff (1933). It is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Microptychis pygmaea Longstaff p. 111 figs. pl. 12 f. 1-3a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyZygopleuroidea
familyPseudozygopleuridae()
genusMicroptychis
speciespygmaea

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.

Microptychis pygmaea Longstaff 1933
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. D. Longstaff 1933Shell composed of about eleven whorls. Protoconch small, apex convex and raised; the three or four whorls immediately succeeding increase more rapidly than the later ones, which form an elongated slender spire. Adpression narrow and granulated, fine spirals on all the whorls crossed by slightly curved threads. Base flattened convex, not much produced. Aperture short, ovate.
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: Wagner 2023, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Brigantian or 335.90000 to 330.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Microptychis pygmaea (155580)