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Pseudozygopleura tenuivirga

Gastropoda - Pseudozygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) tenuivirga was named by Knight (1930) [Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) tenuivirga]. Its type specimen is YPM 12979, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is SL-1. Headwaters of Feefee Creek, north of Olive St. & west of Lindberg Blvd., 1.5 km northwest of Stratmann (Olivette), which is in a Moscovian offshore shale in the Appanoose Formation of Missouri.

It was recombined as Pseudozygopleura tenuivirga by Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. cara

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) tenuivirga Knight p. 53–54 figs. pl. 2 f. 18a-b
1985Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) tenuivirga Hoare and Sturgeon p. 71 figs. pl. 2 f. 3i-j
2023Pseudozygopleura tenuivirga Wagner p. 5309

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

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 Moscovian to the top of the Virgilian or 315.20000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Ohio) Pseudozygopleura tenuivirga (79351)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Missouri) Pseudozygopleura tenuivirga (type locality: 69773)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) Pseudozygopleura tenuivirga (69770)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Ohio) Pseudozygopleura tenuivirga (71963 72004 72006 93081)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Ohio) Pseudozygopleura tenuivirga (71968 79350)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (West Virginia) Pseudozygopleura tenuivirga (79391)