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Eoptychia carinimaxima

Gastropoda - Pseudozygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Meekospira carinimaxima was named by Wang (1987). It is not extant. Its type locality is Weining, Guizhou, which is in a Visean marine limestone in the Bojiwan Formation of China.

It was recombined as Eoptychia carinimaxima by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Meekospira carinimaxima Wang pp. 320, 321-322 figs. pl. 1 f. 11-14
2023Eoptychia carinimaxima Wagner p. S6226

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

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: Visean or 346.70000 to 330.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.3China (Guizhou) Meekospira carinimaxima (type locality: 59843)