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Palaeozygopleura piligera

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Holopella piligera was named by Sandberger and Sandberger (1855). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Loxonema piligera by Whidborne (1891); it was recombined as Palaeozygopleura piligera by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Holopella piligera Sandberger and Sandberger p. 228 figs. pl. 26 f. 9a-c
1882Holopella piligera Holzapfel p. 250
1891Loxonema piligera Whidborne p. 181
1915Holopella piligera Kirchner pp. 254 - 255
1922Holopella piligera Paeckelmann p. 45
2001Holopella piligera Heidelberger p. 110 figs. txt f. 110
2023Palaeozygopleura piligera Wagner p. 3703

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

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.

Palaeozygopleura piligera Sandberger and Sandberger 1855
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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: Givetian or 387.70000 to 380.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany (Sauerland) Holopella piligera (51936 51967)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany (Hessen) Holopella piligera (38353)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Germany Holopella piligera (37046)