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Medfrazyga rectecostata

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Medfrazyga rectecostata was named by Nützel and Nakazawa (2012). Its type specimen is AMF-KG-370 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ichihashi Quarry, Kinshozan, Akasaka, which is in a Capitanian shallow subtidal packstone in the Akasaka Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Medfrazyga rectecostata Nützel and Nakazawa p. 154 fig. 25L

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyLoxonematoidea(Koken 1889)
familyPalaeozygopleuridae
genusMedfrazyga
speciesrectecostata

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.

Medfrazyga rectecostata Nützel and Nakazawa 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height13.20
shell diameter10.950

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: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan Medfrazyga rectecostata (type locality: 109667)