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Palaeostylus pseudozyga

Gastropoda - Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae

Taxonomy
Paleostylus pseudozyga was named by Batten (1985). Its type specimen is AMNH 42840 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is H.S. Lee Mine No. 8, Kinta Valley near Kampar, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal limestone in the H.S. Lee Formation of Malaysia.

It was recombined as Palaeostylus pseudozyga by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Paleostylus pseudozyga Batten p. 25 fig. 33
2023Palaeostylus pseudozyga Wagner p. S6994

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

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.

†Palaeostylus pseudozyga Batten 1985
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Diagnosis
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