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Pseudozygopleura schucherti

Gastropoda - Pseudozygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) schucherti was named by Knight (1930). Its type specimen is YPM 12969, 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) schucherti by Hoare (1961); it was recombined as Pseudozygopleura schucherti by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) schucherti Knight
1961Palaeostylus (Pseudozygopleura) schucherti Hoare p. 168 figs. pl. 21 f. 9-10
1985Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) schucherti Hoare and Sturgeon pp. 74 - 75 figs. f. 4f-g
2023Pseudozygopleura schucherti Wagner p. S5316

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

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 Virgilian or 315.20000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Ohio) Pseudozygopleura schucherti (79351)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Missouri) Pseudozygopleura schucherti (type locality: 69773)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Ohio) Pseudozygopleura schucherti (79389 93081 183207 183260)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) Palaeostylus schucherti (70482)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (West Virginia) Pseudozygopleura schucherti (79391)