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Pseudozygopleura acuminata

Gastropoda - Pseudozygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) acuminata was named by Knight (1930) [Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) acuminata]. Its type specimen is YPM 12981, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is SL-1. Headwaters of Feefee Creek, north of Olive St. & west of Lindberg Blvd., 1.5 km northwest of Stratmann (Olivette), which is in a Moscovian offshore shale in the Appanoose Formation of Missouri.

It was recombined as Pseudozygopleura acuminata by Hoare and Sturgeon (1985) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) acuminata Knight p. 55 figs. pl. 3 f. 3
1985Pseudozygopleura acuminata Hoare and Sturgeon p. 77 figs. f. 1b; 5c-f
2023Pseudozygopleura acuminata Wagner p. 5342

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyZygopleuroidea
familyPseudozygopleuridae()
genusPseudozygopleura
speciesacuminata()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Moscovian or 315.20000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Ohio) Pseudozygopleura acuminata (79351 183261)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Missouri) Pseudozygopleura acuminata (type locality: 69773)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Ohio) Pseudozygopleura acuminata (72004 93081 183258)