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Bojozyga parallela

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Palaeozygopleura (Bojozyga) parallela was named by Horný (1955). Its type specimen is Narodni 34877, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hlubočepy, suburb south of Prague, which is in an Emsian/Eifelian carbonate limestone in the Daleje-Trebotov Formation of the Czech Republic.

It was recombined as Palaeozygopleura parallela by Linsley (1968); it was recombined as Bojozyga parallela by Fryda et al. (2013) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Palaeozygopleura (Bojozyga) parallela Horný p. 122 figs. pl. 3 f. 6
1968Palaeozygopleura parallela Linsley p. 437
2013Bojozyga parallela Fryda et al. p. 474
2023Bojozyga parallela Wagner p. 4675

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

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.

Bojozyga parallela Horný 1955
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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: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Eifelian or 402.50000 to 387.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Emsian - Eifelian402.5 - 387.7Czech Republic Palaeozygopleura parallela (153837)