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Zygopleura dubia

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Zygopleura dubia was named by Gemmellaro (1911). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rocche Rosse, near Galati, which is in a Pliensbachian carbonate limestone in Italy.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Z. berthaudi, Z. modestum, Z. seminodosa, Z. sturi, Z. subanthophylloides, Z. vittata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Zygopleura dubia Gemmellaro p. 237 figs. Pl 9, fig 19

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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
speciesdubia

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 dubia Gemmellaro 1911
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Early/Lower Pliensbachian or 189.60000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Italy (Messina) Zygopleura dubia (type locality: 173593)