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Zygopleurinae

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae

Taxonomy

Zygopleurinae was named by Wenz (1938). Its type is Zygopleura.

It was assigned to Zygopleuridae by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Subtaxa

Agordozyga, Goniospira (syn. Goniogyra), Levipleura, Polygyrina, Teutonica, Zygopleura (type genus)

Synonyms

Goniospiridae was named by Golikov and Starobogatov (1987). Its type is Goniospira.

It was synonymized subjectively with Zygopleurinae by Bouchet et al. (2005).
Polygyrinidae was named by Bandel (1993). Its type is Polygyrina.

It was synonymized subjectively with Goniospiridae by Nützel and Kaim (2014).

It was assigned to Ptenoglossa by Kaim (2004); and to Caenogastropoda by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1938	Zygopleurinae Wenz
1993	Polygyrinidae Bandel
2004	Polygyrinidae Kaim p. 63
2005	Polygyrinidae Bouchet et al. p. 247
2005	Zygopleurinae Bouchet et al. p. 247

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Orthogastropoda
order	Murchisoniina
superfamily	Loxonematoidea	(Koken 1889)
family	Zygopleuridae	Wenz 1938
subfamily	Zygopleurinae	Wenz 1938
subfamily	Zygopleurinae	Wenz 1938

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.

Subfm. †Zygopleurinae Wenz 1938

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G. †Agordozyga Dominici 2024

†Agordozyga caprina Dominici 2024

G. †Levipleura Gründel and Nützel 1998

†Levipleura blainvillei Munster 1844

G. †Zygopleura

Subg. †Zygopleura (Allostrophia) Kittl 1894

Subg. †Zygopleura (Xizangospira) Yu 1975

†Zygopleura angulata Wanner 1922

†Zygopleura arctecostata Münster 1841

Invalid names: Melania rugosocostata Klipstein 1843 [synonym], Melania tenuiplicata Klipstein 1843 [synonym]

†Zygopleura benoisti Cossmann 1907

†Zygopleura brevis M'Coy 1844

†Zygopleura brevis grossicostata Longstaff 1933

†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

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

Invalid names: Loxonema swedenborgiana King 1850 [synonym]

†Zygopleura simplex Wanner 1922

†Zygopleura spiralina Dietz 1911

†Zygopleura swalloviana Shumard 1859

†Zygopleura tenuis Münster 1841

Invalid names: Turritella acuticostata Klipstein 1843 [synonym], Turritella nodosoplicata Münster 1841 [synonym]

†Zygopleura tunisiensis Cox 1969

†Zygopleura verrucosa Terquem 1855

†Zygopleura walmstedti Klipstein 1843

†Zygopleura yunnanensis Pan 1977

Invalid names: Goniospirinae Golikov and Starobogatov 1987 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

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 (278 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Carboniferous	358.86 - 298.9	USA (Oklahoma)	Zygopleura sp. (158 163 172)
Late/Upper Mississippian	330.3 - 323.4	USA (Alaska)	Zygopleura sp. (112183)
Serpukhovian	330.3 - 323.4	USA (Oklahoma)	Zygopleura sp. A (5611)
Desmoinesian	312.8 - 306.0	USA (Oklahoma)	Zygopleura sp. (90 97)
Missourian	306.0 - 303.7	USA (Oklahoma)	Zygopleura sp. (125)
Missourian	306.0 - 303.7	USA (Kansas)	Zygopleura sp. (170)
Artinskian	290.1 - 283.3	Indonesia	Zygopleura nitida, Zygopleura dubia, Zygopleura angulata, Zygopleura geniculata (118268)
Artinskian - Kungurian	290.1 - 274.4	Indonesia	Zygopleura simplex, Zygopleura angulata (39614)
Wordian - Capitanian	266.9 - 259.51	Tunisia (Madanin)	Zygopleura numidis (42092 42095)
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	USA (Texas)	Chemnitzia swalloviana (133736) Zygopleura swallowiana (108812)
Youngest occurrences
Time interval	Ma	Country or state	PBDB collection number
Early/Lower Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	Tunisia	Zygopleura tunisiensis (100389)
Early/Lower Callovian - Middle Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	New Zealand	Zygopleura sp. (56273)
Early/Lower Callovian - Middle Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	Poland	Levipleura sp. (58231)
Late/Upper Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	Poland	Teutonica calloviana, Teutonica jakubowskii (63064)
Late/Upper Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	India	Zygopleura sp. (62165 68502)
Middle Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	Israel	Zygopleura goldbergi (99129)
Middle Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	India	Zygopleura sp. (67553)
Late/Upper Callovian - Oxfordian	165.3 - 154.8	New Zealand	Zygopleura sp. (51934)
Kimmeridgian	154.8 - 149.2	Portugal	Zygopleura sp. (67941 67958)
Thanetian - Ypresian	59.24 - 48.07	Türkiye	Turritella hybrida (99608)