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Leptozyga minuta

Gastropoda - Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae

Taxonomy
Pseudozygopleura (Leptozyga) minuta was named by Knight (1930) [Pseudozygopleura (Leptozyga) minuta Knight 1930]. It is not extant. Its type specimen is YPM 12991, a shell. 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 Leptozyga minuta by Blodgett et al. (1999) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Pseudozygopleura (Leptozyga) minuta Knight
1960Pseudozygopleura (Leptozyga) minuta Knight et al. p. 313 figs. f. 208.4
1978Pseudozygopleura (Leptozyga) minuta Hoare and Sturgeon figs. pl. 1 f. 12
1981Pseudozygopleura (Leptozyga) minuta Hoare and Sturgeon pp. 583 - 584 figs. pl.1 f. 12; table 1
1999Leptozyga minuta Blodgett et al. p. 1098
2023Leptozyga minuta Wagner p. S4234

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
orderCerithimorpha
familyOrthonemidae
genusLeptozyga()
speciesminuta()

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.

†Leptozyga minuta Knight 1930
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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 Desmoinesian to the top of the Missourian or 312.80000 to 303.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Missouri) Pseudozygopleura minuta (type locality: 69773)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Ohio) Pseudozygopleura minuta (93081)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Ohio) Pseudozygopleura minuta (79350)