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Zygopleura spiralina

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Zygopleura spiralina was named by Dietz (1911). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pößneck (Dresden collection), which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate carbonate in the Zechstein Formation of Germany.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Zygopleura spiralina Dietz p. 483 figs. Pl 15, fig 7

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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
speciesspiralina

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 spiralina Dietz 1911
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Germany Zygopleura spiralina (type locality: 208969)