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Chlorozyga decussata

Gastropoda - Imoglobidae

Taxonomy
Hemizyga (Hemizyga) decussata was named by Yoo (1988). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Marohn Homestead. Yoo Loc. A3. 70 m west of Scone-Gundy road junction, which is in a Tournaisian marine mudstone/limestone in the Dangarfield Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Chlorozyga.

It was recombined as Hemizyga decussata by Yoo (1994), Nützel (1998) and Nützel et al. (2000); it was recombined as Chlorozyga decussata by Nützel and Cook (2002) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Hemizyga (Hemizyga) decussata Yoo p. 246 figs. f. 88 - 91
1994Hemizyga decussata Yoo p. 85 figs. pl. 16 f. 12-14
1998Hemizyga decussata Nützel p. 208 figs. f. 38a
2000Hemizyga decussata Nützel et al. p. 592
2002Chlorozyga decussata Nützel and Cook pp. 151 - 155 figs. 1-2
2023Chlorozyga decussata Wagner p. 5091

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyPeruneloidea
familyImoglobidae
genusChlorozyga
speciesdecussata()

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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