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Leptozyga venustus

Gastropoda - Cerithimorpha - Orthonemidae

Taxonomy
Pseudozygopleura (Leptozyga) venustus was named by Hoare and Sturgeon (1981) [= Pseudozygopleura (Leptozyga) cf. minuta Hoare & Sturgeon 1978b p. pl. 1 f. 12]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Leptozyga venustus by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Pseudozygopleura (Leptozyga) venustus Hoare and Sturgeon p. 584 figs. pl. 1 f. 13-14; txt. f. 1H; table 1
1985Pseudozygopleura (Leptozyga) venustus Batten pp. 214 - 215 fig. 18
2023Leptozyga venustus Wagner p. 5453

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
orderCerithimorpha
familyOrthonemidae
genusLeptozyga()
speciesvenustus()

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.

†Leptozyga venustus Hoare and Sturgeon 1981
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Diagnosis
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