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Leptozyga costata

Gastropoda - Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae

Taxonomy
Leptozyga costata was named by Yoo (1994). Its type locality is Kyndalyn. Yoo Loc. 24. Behind Kyndalyn homestead, 10 km S of Somerton, which is in a Visean marine mudstone/limestone in the Merlewood Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Leptozyga costata Yoo p. 85 figs. pl. 16 f. 8-9
2023Leptozyga costata Wagner p. 5608

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
orderCerithimorpha
familyOrthonemidae
genusLeptozyga()
speciescostata

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.

Leptozyga costata Yoo 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Visean or 346.70000 to 330.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.3Australia (New South Wales) Leptozyga costata (type locality: 44144)