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Zygopleura tenuis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Turritella tenuis 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 tenuis by Kittl (1894); it was recombined as Loxonema tenue by Böhm (1895), Kittl (1899); it was recombined as Ampezzopleura tenuis by Bandel (1991); it was recombined as Zygopleura tenuis by Pan (1977), Dominici (2024).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Turritella tenuis Münster p. 121 figs. Pl 13, fig 31
1841Turritella nodosoplicata Münster p. 122 figs. Pl 13, fig 39
1843Turritella acuticostata Klipstein p. 179 figs. Pl 11, fig 27
1894Loxonema tenuis Kittl p. 146 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-5
1895Loxonema tenue Böhm p. 262
1899Loxonema tenue Kittl p. 89
1977Zygopleura tenuis Pan p. 109 figs. Pl 3, figs 10,11
1991Ampezzopleura tenuis Bandel p. 255 fig. 31,32
2024Zygopleura tenuis Dominici p. 47 figs. 19AJ-AM

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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
speciestenuis()

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 tenuis Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Turritella acuticostata Klipstein 1843 [synonym], Turritella nodosoplicata Münster 1841 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height313.711.218.712.24.07

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: coastal, marineo
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: base of the Pelsonian to the top of the Sevatian or 244.24000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Austria (Innsbruck) Loxonema tenuis (202275)
Pelsonian - Illyrian244.24 - 241.464China (Guizhou) Zygopleura tenuis (31619 31632)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Italy Zygopleura tenuis (236003 236004 236005)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Ampezzopleura tenuis (128680) Loxonema tenuis (144631 144633) Turritella tenuis, Turritella nodosoplicata (type locality: 137429) Zygopleura tenuis (34692 69660 69661 69664 69665 69668 69680 202422)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy Zygopleura tenuis (164191 164208)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3China (Yunnan) Zygopleura tenuis (165315)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7USA (Idaho) Ampezzopleura tenuis (38377)