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Palaeozygopleuridae

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Palaeozygopleuridae Horný
1960Palaeozygopleuridae Knight et al. p. 312
1975Palaeozygopleuridae Golikov and Starobogatov p. 214
1988Palaeozygopleuridae Ponder and Warén p. 292
1999Palaeozygopleuridae Heidelberger and Bandel p. 138
2005Palaeozygopleuridae Bouchet et al. p. 242
2015Paleozygopleuridae Mazaev p. 965

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyLoxonematoidea(Koken 1889)
familyPalaeozygopleuridae
familyPalaeozygopleuridae

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.

Fm. †Palaeozygopleuridae Horný 1955
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G. †Alaskozygopleura Blodgett 1992
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Alaskozygopleura eifelia Heidelberger and Bandel 1999
Alaskozygopleura gracillium Whiteaves 1892
Alaskozygopleura hainensis Heidelberger 2001
G. †Bohemozyga Frýda and Bandel 1997
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Bohemozyga kettneri Horný 1955
Palaeozygopleura (Bohemozyga) pyritica Jagt-Yazykova et al. 2006
G. †Bojozyga Horný 1955
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Bojozyga mira Horný 1955
Bojozyga parallela Horný 1955
G. †Cimrmaniela Fryda et al. 2013
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Cimrmaniela smoljaki Fryda et al. 2013
Cimrmaniela sveraki Fryda et al. 2013
G. †Devonozyga Horný 1955
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Devonozyga arduum Kirchner 1915
Devonozyga bandeli Heidelberger 2007
Devonozyga conicum Whidborne 1891
Devonozyga multiplicata Römer 1850
Devonozyga perneri Horný 1955
Devonozyga scalariaeforme Holzapfel 1882
G. †Hainanema Heidelberger 2001
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Hainanema tornatum Maurer 1885
G. †Heteroloxonema Frýda 2000
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G. †Hornyzyga Cook 1995
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Hornyzyga altacostatum Tassell 1982
Hornyzyga camilleriae Cook 1995
G. †Kallispira Heidelberger and Bandel 1999
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Kallispira latostriata Heidelberger and Bandel 1999
Kallispira varistriata Heidelberger and Bandel 1999
G. †Medfrazyga Frýda and Blodgett 2004
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Medfrazyga clauticae Frýda and Blodgett 2004
Medfrazyga convexa Nützel and Nakazawa 2012
Medfrazyga gilmulli Rohr et al. 2008
Medfrazyga rectecostata Nützel and Nakazawa 2012
Medfrazyga zaitzevi Mazaev 2015
G. †Palaeozygopleura Horný 1955
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Palaeozygopleura antiqua Goldfuss 1844
Palaeozygopleura arcuata Holzapfel 1882
Palaeozygopleura benniana Longstaff 1933
Palaeozygopleura bouskai Horný 1955
Palaeozygopleura canningensis Cook et al. 2003
Palaeozygopleura difficile Sardeson 1902
Palaeozygopleura dodgeyi Cook and Camilleri 1997
Palaeozygopleura funatum Roemer 1855
Palaeozygopleura glabra Clarke and Swartz 1913
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Invalid names: Palaeozygopleura pexata Hall 1861 [synonym]
Palaeozygopleura joani Linsley 1968
Palaeozygopleura kaupii Goldfuss 1844
Palaeozygopleura laxa Hall 1879
Palaeozygopleura lefeburii Léveillé 1835
Palaeozygopleura lukesi Fryda et al. 2013
Palaeozygopleura muoni Tassell 1982
Palaeozygopleura nexile Sedgwick and Murchison 1840
Palaeozygopleura noe Clarke 1885
Palaeozygopleura obliquearcuatum Sandberger and Sandberger 1855
Palaeozygopleura orlejensis Gromczakiewicz-Lomnicka 1972
Palaeozygopleura parvula Whitfield 1882
Palaeozygopleura piligera Sandberger and Sandberger 1855
Palaeozygopleura redensis Longstaff 1933
Palaeozygopleura roemeri Kayser 1878
Palaeozygopleura sandbergi Holzapfel 1895
Palaeozygopleura tenuisulcata Sandberger and Sandberger 1854
Palaeozygopleura vaneki Frýda et al. 2008
Palaeozygopleura venusta Thein and Nitecki 1974
Palaeozygopleura vesna Horný 1955
Palaeozygopleura vostokovae Vostokova 1961
Palaeozygopleura welleri Thein and Nitecki 1974
Invalid names: Palaeozyga Horný 1955 [synonym]
G. †Pragozyga Frýda 1999
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Pragozyga costata Frýda 1999
Pragozyga jerseyense Weller 1903
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Invalid names: Pragozyga welleriana Williams and Breger 1916 [synonym]
Pragozyga subtilistriata Oehlert 1877
G. †Rhenozyga Frýda 2000
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Rhenozyga reifenstuhli Frýda and Blodgett 2004
Rhenozyga retrostriatum Kirchner 1915
Rhenozyga spiraglobosum Kirchner 1915
G. †Seleukella Mazaev 2019
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Seleukella costata Mazaev 2019
G. †Sturgeonospira Hoare 1980
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Sturgeonospira tortula Hoare 1980
G. †Urftia Heidelberger and Bandel 1999
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Urftia convexa Heidelberger and Bandel 1999
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: coastal, marineo
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 Ludfordian to the top of the Capitanian or 425.00000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (209 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (California) Holopella tenuisulcata (229257)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (Alaska) Medfrazyga gilmulli (80381)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7United Kingdom (England) Loxonema conica (23106) Loxonema conicum (8307)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Czechia (Praha) Palaeozygopleura chlupaci (56216)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (Maine) Loxonema jerseyense (103308) Loxonema welleriana (103303)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (New York) Loxonema attenuata (156989)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02New Zealand Palaeozygopleura spp. (40534)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Czechia Palaeozygopleura chlupaci (153841 153843)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia (Bohemia) Cimrmaniela smoljaki, Cimrmaniela sveraki, Palaeozygopleura lukesi (104660) Zygopleura devonicans, Zygopleura verticalis (104794)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Kyrgyzstan Palaeozygopleura vostokovae (3559)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia (Praha) Bojozyga mira, Pragozyga costata (56701) Palaeozygopleura alinae (102194 157332)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Morocco Palaeozygopleura n. sp. (91724) Palaeozygopleura sp. (208258 208259 208261)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia Palaeozygopleura alinae (102195 153839 153840 153846) Palaeozygopleura alinae, Palaeozygopleura svobodai (56662) Palaeozygopleura bouskai (153844) Palaeozygopleura mira, Palaeozygopleura alinae (153832) Zygopleura alinae (153836)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Germany Loxonema obliquearcuatum (26904)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5USA (Alaska) Medfrazyga clauticae, Palaeozygopleura reifenstuhli (49107)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Russian Federation Palaeozygopleura sp. (24775)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Morocco Palaeozygopleura sp. (150334 150360) Palaeozygopleura vaneki (150580)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Czechia (Prague) Palaeozygopleura alinae (56663)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Czechia (Prague Basin) Palaeozygopleura vaneki (80182)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Czechia Palaeozygopleura vaneki (153842)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Australia (New South Wales) Hornyzyga altacostatum (77418) Loxonema altacostatum (39887) Palaeozygopleura muoni (43890)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47USA (Ohio) Loxonema parva (604)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Australia (Queensland) Hornyzyga camilleriae (39873 56313)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47France Loxonema subtilistriata (154581)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47South Africa Loxonema glabrum, Loxonema zwartbergense (35581) Loxonema zwartbergense (35578 35582 35584 35589 35590)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Czechia (Praha) Palaeozygopleura vaneki (153845)
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian399.5 - 387.95Czechia Palaeozygopleura parallela (153837)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czechia Palaeozygopleura bohemica (153833)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (New York) Loxonema sicula (9544 9613)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czechia (Praha) Devonozyga diversicostata, Devonozyga perneri, Palaeozygopleura vesna, Palaeozygopleura kettneri, Palaeozygopleura alinae, Palaeozygopleura hanusi, Palaeozygopleura prantli, Palaeozygopleura bohemica, Palaeozygopleura tenuicostata (49232)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Michigan) Loxonema gracillium (128912) Palaeozygopleura joani, Palaeozygopleura sibleyensis (102527)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Ohio) Loxonema gracillium, Loxonema laeviusculum, Loxonema pexata, Loxonema parvulum (129948 130152) Loxonema pexata (130260 130269) Palaeozygopleura joani, Palaeozygopleura sibleyensis (102525)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Czechia (Moravia) Palaeozygopleuridae indet. (25063)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Alaska) Palaeozygopleura sp., Alaskozygopleura crassicostata (3639)
Cazenovian393.47 - 382.31USA (New York) Palaeozygopleura hamiltoniae (69460 69461 69462 69463 69464 69465)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (New York) Palaeozygopleura delphicola (91249) Palaeozygopleura delphicola, Palaeozygopleura hamiltoniae (91229) Palaeozygopleura hamiltoniae (91091 91215 91216 91226 91233 91239 91242 91279)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Kallispira latostriata, Palaeozygopleura kaupii, Devonozyga bandeli (38362)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Michigan) Loxonema hamiltoniae (38475)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) Loxonema delphicola, Loxonema hamiltoniae (10459 10461) Palaeozygopleura delphicola (8989 8991 9000 9014 9029 84470 89885 89886) Palaeozygopleura hamiltonae (89661) Palaeozygopleura hamiltoniae (9352 9353 9354 9355 9377 9379 9500 9503 9504 9508 9509 9510 9511 9512 9595 9596 9597 9598 9599 9600 9601 9602 10108 10109 10119 89690 89694 89696 89707 89732 89804 96210 96211 96212 96213) Palaeozygopleura sp. (94453) Palaezygopleura hamiltoniae (9399)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Australia (Queensland) Palaeozygopleura dodgeyi (39872 66148 66151) Palaeozygopleura sp., Palaeozygopleura machenryi (39234)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Devonozyga sp., Palaeozygopleura sp. (101680) Palaeozygopleura retrostriatum, Heteroloxonema moniliniformis (102193)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Hessen) Alaskozygopleura hainensis, Hainanema tornatum (38356) Holopella piligera, Holopella tenuisulcata, Palaeozygopleura kaupii (38353) Palaeozygopleura kaupii (38355)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Sauerland) Holopella antiqua (56158) Holopella piligera, Holopella antiqua (51936 51967) Palaeozygopleura sp. (56160)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31United Kingdom (England) Holopella tenuisulcata, Loxonema conicum, Loxonema roemeri, Loxonema nexile (129878) Holopella tenuisulcata, Loxonema conicum, Loxonema roemeri, Loxonema scalaraeforme (130270)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Pennsylvania) Loxonema delphicola (9908 9916 9925)
Middle Givetian385.9 - 383.4France (Brittany) Palaeozygopleura sp. (5915 5916 5920)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Palaeozygopleura sp., Alaskazygopleura hainensis (275563)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Germany Holopella arcuata, Holopella piligera, Holopella scalariaeforme, Loxonema moniliniforma (37046)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Poland (Swietokrzyskie Voivodship) Palaeozygopleura pyritica (75504)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Poland Palaeozygopleura pyritica (73157) Palaeozygopleura retrostriata (62179)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0USA (New York) Loxonema noe (136085)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (Maryland) Loxonema glabrum, Loxonema hamiltoniae, Loxonema styliolum (154838) Loxonema styliolum (154361) Loxonema terebra (54738)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) Palaeozygopleura canningensis (38981)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15USA (New York) Loxonema laxa, Loxonema styliola (155420)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Poland Palaeozygopleura retrostriata (62175)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2USA (New York) Loxonema noe (136399)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Poland (Swietokrzyskie Voivodship) Palaeozygopleura sp. (75506)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5USA (New York) Loxonema multiplicatum (84619)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86United Kingdom (England) Loxonema tenuisulcatum (38142)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86USA (Missouri) Loxonema missouriensis (6048)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86United Kingdom (England) Loxonema tenuisulcatum (68172)
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7Australia (New South Wales) Loxonema lamellosum (75621) Palaeozygopleura obesa (43901 43902)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9Australia (New South Wales) Loxonema lamellosum (75614)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Iowa) Palaeozygopleura difficile (49823 49824 49825)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Australia (New South Wales) Palaeozygopleura obesa (43948 43949 43950 44079 44080 44088)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (California) Loxonema delphicola (214521)
Ivorian353.7 - 346.7Australia (Queensland) Loxonema lamellosa (59800)
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Kentucky) Loxonema delphicola (59889 59891)
Arundian346.7 - 339.9Poland (Swietokrzyskie) Palaeozygopleura scalarioidea (60115)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Australia (Queensland) Loxonema lamellosus (145006)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Zygopleura benniana (183271) Zygopleura benniana, Zygopleura roscobiensis (155580)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (England) Palaeozygopleura benniana, Palaeozygopleura scalarioidea (57131) Zygopleura roscobiensis (73393 73423)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Poland (Malopolskie) Palaeozygopleura sp., Palaeozygopleura orlejensis (101993)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Ireland (Cork) Loxonema sulculosa (184504)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Illinois) Loxonema wortheni (68188) Palaeozygopleura venusta, Palaeozygopleura welleri, Palaeozygopleura wortheni (59826) Palaeozygopleura welleri (58998)
Alportian322.8 - 321.8United Kingdom (England) Palaeozygopleura robroystonensis (182844 182845)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Oklahoma) Zygopleura parva (90784)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Ohio) Sturgeonospira tortula (72004)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Seleukella costata (220898)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Venezuela (Merida) Palaeozygopleura sp. (41509)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation (Kirov) Medfrazyga zaitzevi (126334)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Thailand (Ratchaburi) Palaeozygopleura obesa (40954)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan Medfrazyga convexa, Medfrazyga rectecostata (109667)