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Ampezzopleura rugosa

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Zygopleura rugosa was named by Batten and Stokes (1986). Its type specimen is AMNH 42991 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AMNH3026, Windowblind Butte, San Rafael Swell, which is in a Smithian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal packstone in the Moenkopi Formation of Utah.

It was recombined as Ampezzopleura rugosa by Nützel and Schulbert (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Zygopleura rugosa Batten and Stokes p. 18 fig. 24,25
2005Ampezzopleura rugosa Nützel and Schulbert fig. 11D,I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyLoxonematoidea(Koken 1889)
familyZygopleuridaeWenz 1938
subfamilyAmpezzopleurinaeNützel 1998
genusAmpezzopleura
speciesrugosa()

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.

Ampezzopleura rugosa Batten and Stokes 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height32.631.405.202.501.96
shell diameter31.911.302.802.051.06

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: Smithian or 251.30000 to 247.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Smithian251.3 - 247.2USA (Utah) Ampezzopleura rugosa (116017) Zygopleura rugosa (type locality: 44283)