Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Palaeozygopleura missouriensis

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Loxonema missouriensis was named by Williams (1943). It is not extant. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 623, which is in a Famennian shallow subtidal lime mudstone/mudstone in the Louisiana Limestone Formation of Missouri.

It was recombined as Palaeozygopleura missouriensis by Rollins (1975) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Loxonema missouriensis Williams
1975Palaeozygopleura missouriensis Rollins p. 31
2023Palaeozygopleura missouriensis Wagner p. 3910

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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

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.

show all | hide all
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: Late/Upper Famennian or 364.70000 to 360.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7USA (Missouri) Loxonema missouriensis (type locality: 6048)