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Palaeozygopleura kaupii

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Melania kaupii was named by Goldfuss (1844). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Loxonema kaupii by Kirchner (1915) and Heidelberger and Bandel (1999); it was recombined as Palaeozygopleura kaupii by Heidelberger (2001) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Melania kaupii Goldfuss pp. 113 - 114 figs. pl. 197 f. 15a-b
1915Loxonema kaupii Kirchner p. 248
1999Loxonema kaupii Heidelberger and Bandel p. 140
2001Palaeozygopleura kaupii Heidelberger pp. 113 - 114 figs. pl. 10 f. 5
2023Palaeozygopleura kaupii Wagner p. 4291

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

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 kaupii Goldfuss 1844
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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 382.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany (Hessen) Palaeozygopleura kaupii (38353 38355)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Palaeozygopleura kaupii (38362)