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Pseudozygopleura yandellana

Gastropoda - Pseudozygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Loxonema yandellana was named by Hall (1856). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Spergen Hill, near railroad station at Harristown, southeast of Salem, which is in a Meramecian carbonate limestone in the Salem Formation of Indiana.

It was recombined as Palaeozygopleura yandellana by Thein and Nitecki (1974); it was recombined as Pseudozygopleura yandellana by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Loxonema yandellana Hall p. 28
1974Palaeozygopleura yandellana Thein and Nitecki p. 182 figs. f. 80
1997Loxonema yandellana Pan p. 609
2023Pseudozygopleura yandellana Wagner p. 3834

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

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: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Meramecian to the top of the Chesterian or 343.00000 to 323.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5Canada (Alberta) Loxonema yandellana (62396)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Indiana) Loxonema yandellana (129910)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Illinois) Palaeozygopleura yandellana (59826)