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Pseudozygopleura kellettae

Gastropoda - Pseudozygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) kellettae was named by Knight (1930) [Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) kellettae Knight 1930]. It is not extant.

It was recombined as Pseudozygopleura kellettae by Yochelson and Saunders (1967), Hoare and Sturgeon (1985), Kues and Batten (2001), Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. cara

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) kellettae Knight p. 49 figs. pl. 2 f. 15a-b
1967Pseudozygopleura kellettae Yochelson and Saunders p. 155
1985Pseudozygopleura kellettae Hoare and Sturgeon p. 69 figs. f. 3c-d; table 2
2001Pseudozygopleura kellettae Kues and Batten p. 67 figs. f. 13.7
2023Pseudozygopleura kellettae Wagner p. 5305

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyZygopleuroidea
familyPseudozygopleuridae()
genusPseudozygopleura
specieskellettae()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Wagner 2023, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Desmoinesian to the top of the Missourian or 312.80000 to 303.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (New Mexico) Pseudozygopleura kellettae (46536)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Ohio) Pseudozygopleura kellettae (93081)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Ohio) Pseudozygopleura kellettae (79350)