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Helminthozyga undulata

Gastropoda - Pseudozygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Helminthozyga undulata was named by Hoare and Sturgeon (1978). Its type specimen is OSU 30412;, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ty-3. 60 cm shale zone, immediately above limestone at mall abandoned borrow pi, which is in a Desmoinesian shallow subtidal limestone/shale in the Putnam Hill Formation of Ohio.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Helminthozyga undulata Hoare and Sturgeon pp. 856 - 857 figs. pl. 1 f. 14; pl. 2 f. 4-6; table 2
2023Helminthozyga undulata Wagner p. 5293

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

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.

Helminthozyga undulata Hoare and Sturgeon 1978
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. D. Hoare and M. T. Sturgeon 1978Protoconch normal for family; sutures deeply impressed; phaneromphalus umbilicus; ornamentation consisting of indistinct transverse undulations.

Very small with deeply impressed sutures and a phaneromphalus umbilicus. Protoconch consisting of about three whorls separated from the teleoconch by a subdued varix or distinct change in shell. Ornamentation of protoconch consists of one smooth whorl and two whorls bearing sharp collabral costellae which are near vertical on upper whorl surface and opisthocline on lower surface, the point of change in orientation marked by a fine, revolving costella. Earlier two to three whorls of the teleoconch smooth or with few slight, indistinct transverse undulations whereas the last whorls bear several broad, indistinct transverse undulations. Growth lines apparently orthocline.
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: Kiessling 2004, Wagner 2023

Age range: Desmoinesian or 312.80000 to 306.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Ohio) Helminthozyga undulata (type locality: 72004)