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Pseudozygopleura pluricostata

Gastropoda - Pseudozygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) pluricostata was named by Knight (1930). Its type specimen is YPM 12970, 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 Palaeostylus (Pseudozygopleura) pluricostata by Hoare (1961); it was recombined as Pseudozygopleura pluricostata by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) pluricostata Knight
1961Palaeostylus (Pseudozygopleura) pluricostata Hoare p. 167 figs. pl. 21 f. 8
1985Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) pluricostata Hoare and Sturgeon pp. 71 - 72 figs. f. 3k-m; table 2
2023Pseudozygopleura pluricostata Wagner p. S5311

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

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 Moscovian to the top of the Missourian or 315.20000 to 303.70000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Ohio) Pseudozygopleura pluricostata (79351 183261)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Missouri) Pseudozygopleura pluricostata (type locality: 69773)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Ohio) Pseudozygopleura pluricostata (72004 93081)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) Palaeostylus pluricostata (70258) Pseudozygopleura pluricostata (69770)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Ohio) Pseudozygopleura pluricostata (93082 183204)