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Zygopleura arctecostata

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Turritella arctecostata was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Loxonema arctecostata by Kittl (1894); it was recombined as Loxonema arctecostatum by Böhm (1895) and Kittl (1899); it was recombined as Zygopleura arctecostata by Pan (1977) and Yin and Yochelson (1983).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Turritella arctecostata Münster p. 121 figs. Pl 13, fig 35
1843Melania tenuiplicata Klipstein p. 189 figs. Pl 12, fig 24
1843Melania rugosocostata Klipstein p. 191 figs. Pl 12, fig 31
1894Loxonema arctecostata Kittl p. 148 figs. Pl 4, figs 9-14
1895Loxonema arctecostatum Böhm p. 263
1899Loxonema arctecostatum Kittl p. 91
1977Zygopleura arctecostata Pan p. 110 figs. Pl 3, fig 22
1983Zygopleura arctecostata Yin and Yochelson p. 1117 figs. 5G,H,W-Z

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyLoxonematoidea(Koken 1889)
familyZygopleuridaeWenz 1938
subfamilyZygopleurinaeWenz 1938
genusZygopleura
speciesarctecostata()

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.

Zygopleura arctecostata Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Melania rugosocostata Klipstein 1843 [synonym], Melania tenuiplicata Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available