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Palaeozygopleura multiplicata

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Loxonema multiplicatum was named by Clarke (1904). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is soft shales at banks of Genesee river, foot of upper Portage Falls, which is in a Famennian marine shale in the Gowanda Shale Formation of New York.

It was recombined as Palaeozygopleura multiplicata by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Loxonema multiplicatum Römer
1904Loxonema multiplicatum Clarke p. 16 figs. pl. 3 f. 16
2023Palaeozygopleura multiplicata Wagner p. S5157

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyLoxonematoidea(Koken 1889)
familyPalaeozygopleuridae
genusPalaeozygopleura
speciesmultiplicata()

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: aragoniteo
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: Early/Lower Famennian or 376.10000 to 370.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6USA (New York) Loxonema multiplicatum (type locality: 84619)