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Palaeostylus (Palaeostylus) marvinwelleri

Gastropoda - Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae

Taxonomy
Pseudozygopleura (Pyrgozyga) marvinwelleri was named by Knight (1930). Its type specimen is YPM 12987, 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 (Palaeostylus) marvinwelleri by Yochelson and Saunders (1967); it was recombined as Pyrgozyga marvinwelleri by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Pseudozygopleura (Pyrgozyga) marvinwelleri Knight
1967Palaeostylus (Palaeostylus) marvinwelleri Yochelson and Saunders p. 153
1981Pseudozygopleura (Pyrgozyga) marvinwelleri Hoare and Sturgeon p. 576 figs. pl. 1 f. 8-9; txt. f. 1D; table 1
2023Pyrgozyga marvinwelleri Wagner p. S4375

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
orderCerithimorpha
familyOrthonemidae
genusPalaeostylus
subgenusPalaeostylus
speciesmarvinwelleri()

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
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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 Brigantian to the top of the Moscovian or 336.00000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Pseudozygopleura marvinwelleri (6414)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Missouri) Pseudozygopleura marvinwelleri (69772 type locality: 69773)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Ohio) Pseudozygopleura marvinwelleri (64906 72004 79324 93081)