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Zygopleura

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Zygopleura Wenz
1960Zygopleura Knight et al. p. 315
2002Zygopleura Sepkoski
2005Zygopleura Bouchet et al. p. 186

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyLoxonematoidea(Koken 1889)
familyZygopleuridaeWenz 1938
subfamilyZygopleurinaeWenz 1938
genusZygopleura

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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Subg. †Zygopleura (Allostrophia) Kittl 1894
Subg. †Zygopleura (Xizangospira) Yu 1975
Zygopleura angulata Wanner 1922
Zygopleura arctecostata Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Melania rugosocostata Klipstein 1843 [synonym], Melania tenuiplicata Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
Zygopleura benoisti Cossmann 1907
Zygopleura brevis M'Coy 1844
Zygopleura cylindrica Dietz 1911
Zygopleura dubia Wanner 1922
Zygopleura dubia Gemmellaro 1911
Zygopleura elongata Dominici 2024
Zygopleura etalensis Piette 1856
Zygopleura geniculata Wanner 1922
Zygopleura goldbergi Reiner 1968
Zygopleura granietzensis Ahlburg 1906
Zygopleura haasi Batten and Stokes 1986
Zygopleura hybrida Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Cerithium meyeri Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
Zygopleura nitida Wanner 1922
Zygopleura numidis Termier and Termier 1977
Zygopleura porulosa Terquem 1855
Zygopleura roessleri Geinitz 1852
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Invalid names: Loxonema swedenborgiana King 1850 [synonym]
Zygopleura simplex Wanner 1922
Zygopleura spiralina Dietz 1911
Zygopleura swalloviana Shumard 1859
Zygopleura tenuis Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Turritella acuticostata Klipstein 1843 [synonym], Turritella nodosoplicata Münster 1841 [synonym]
Zygopleura verrucosa Terquem 1855
Zygopleura walmstedti Klipstein 1843
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height2113.95.5026.015.55.59
shell diameter214.613.008.603.803.03

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:39:28
Modified: 2009-09-21 12:39:28
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Serpukhovian to the top of the Ypresian or 330.30000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (146 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9USA (Oklahoma) Z. sp. (158 163 172)
Late/Upper Mississippian330.3 - 323.4USA (Alaska) Z. sp. (112183)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4USA (Oklahoma) Z. sp. A (5611)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) Z. sp. (90 97)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Z. sp. (170)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Oklahoma) Z. sp. (125)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Indonesia Z. nitida, Z. dubia, Z. angulata, Z. geniculata (118268)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 274.4Indonesia Z. simplex, Z. angulata (39614)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Z. numidis (42092 42095)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Chemnitzia swalloviana (133736) Z. swallowiana (108812)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom (England) Chemnitzia roessleri (109716) Loxonema swedenborgiana (130765 130766)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom Chemnitzia sp. (130871)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Germany Loxonema roessleri (161274) Z. spiralina (208969)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Oman Z. sp. (60532)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1USA (Utah) Z. haasi (44283) Z. sp. (33211 33213 33222)
Aegean246.7 - 244.99Hungary (Mecsek) Z. sp. (197112)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Austria (Innsbruck) Loxonema tenuis, Loxonema arctecostata (202275)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464China (Guizhou) Z. granietzensis (98055)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Z. sp. (66084)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Slovakia Z. sp. (44913 44914 44915)
Pelsonian - Illyrian244.24 - 241.464China (Guizhou) Z. arctecostata (31617 31621 31623 44248 44250 121732) Z. arctecostata, Z. tenuis (31632) Z. arctecostata, Z. walmstedti (31618 31620 31631) Z. arctecostata, Z. walmstedti, Z. tenuis (31619) Z. walmstedti (31624 44252)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Italy (Liguria) Z. arctecostata (44714)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Italy Loxonema hybridum (138255) Z. spinosa (202000 202001 202028 202029 202030 202031 202032 202038 202040 202041)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Italy Z. sp. A, Z. sp. C, Z. sp. D, Z. sp. E, Z. tenuis, Z. elongata (236003) Z. sp. B, Z. sp. F, Z. arctecostata, Z. tenuis (236005) Z. sp. D, Z. tenuis (236004)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Loxonema tenuis, Loxonema hybrida, Loxonema arctecostata (144633) Loxonema tenuis, Loxonema hybrida, Loxonema arctecostata, Loxonema walmstedti (144631) Loxonema walmstedti (144634) Turritella arctecostata, Turritella tenuis, Turritella hybrida, Turritella nodosoplicata (137429) Z. arctecostata (69670 69674) Z. arctecostata, Z. tenuis (69665) Z. haueri (69686) Z. haueri, Z. obliquecostata, Z. arctecostata (69669) Z. hybrida (69651) Z. hybrida, Ampezzopleura tenuis (128680) Z. obliquecostata (69677 69688) Z. obliquecostata, Z. arctecostata (69650) Z. obliquecostata, Z. sp., Z. arctecostata, Z. tenuis (69668) Z. sp., Z. walmstedti, Z. tenuis (69664 202422) Z. tenuis (34692 69660 69661 69680) Z. walmstedti (69659)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy (Belluno) Z. campoensis, Z. hybridissima, Z. depressa (207505) Z. depressa (207504) Z. sp. (207475 207478)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Switzerland Z. gansingensis, Z. sp. (69249)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Hungary (Bakony) Loxonema arctecostatum (203197 203199 203210 203276)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Bosnia and Herzegovina Loxonema arctecostatum (206616)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3China (Yunnan) Z. arctecostata (165396) Z. sp. 2 (165412) Z. tenuis, Z. walmstadti, Z. yunnanensis (165315)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy (South Tyrol) Z. spinosa, Z. obliquecostata, Z. coronata, Loxonema arctecostatum (205157)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Hungary Z. hybrida (70799) Z. modesta (70883)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy Z. hybridissima, Z. sp., Z. tenuis (164191) Z. hybridissima, Z. tenuis (164208)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Hungary Z. neptunis (23870)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3China (Yunnan) Z. sp. 3 (165306)
Lacian227.3 - 215.38USA (Alaska) Z. sp. (100531)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Hungary Z. arpadis (70988 70990) Z. arpadis, Z. hybrida (70995) Z. hybrida (73188) Z. vittata (73193)
Norian227.3 - 205.7China (Qinghai) Z. sp. (75986)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Colombia (Tolima) Z. sp. (101058) Z. sturi, Z. modestum, Z. subanthophylloides (101065)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Peru Z. sp. (68132)
Norian227.3 - 205.7China (Yunnan) Z. sp. 1 (165411)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18China (Yunnan) Z. sp. 1 (165405)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7USA (Idaho) Z. sp., Ampezzopleura tenuis (38377)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Iran Z. seminodosa (37985) Z. seminodosa, Z. sp. (37984) Z. sp. (37959)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom (Somerset) Z. henrici (62956)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom Z. henrici (78452 78460)
Angulata201.4 - 199.5Luxembourg Z. porulosa, Z. verrucosa, Z. etalensis (149756)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Hungary Z. sp. (125465)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Z. sp. (204155)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Chile Z. sp. (58733)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Z. sp. (204129)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Italy (Messina) Z. dubia (173593)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Z. berthaudi (204124)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Germany (Bavaria) Z. septemcincta (51273)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian184.2 - 180.4Spain Z. sp. (51613)
Opalinum174.7 - 170.9Germany Z. subpunctata (58305)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Tanzania Z. mandawaensis (36315 36336)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Poland Z. jurassica (58272)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Z. sp. (67556)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Z. tunisiensis (100389)
Early/Lower Callovian - Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5New Zealand Z. sp. (56273)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Z. sp. (62165 68502)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Israel Z. goldbergi (99129)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Z. sp. (67553)
Late/Upper Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8New Zealand Z. sp. (51934)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Z. sp. (67941 67958)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07Türkiye Turritella hybrida (99608)