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Pseudozygopleura funis

Gastropoda - Pseudozygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Pseudozygopleura (Pyrgozyga) funis was named by Knight (1930) [Pseudozygopleura (Pyrgozyga) funis Knight 1930]. Its type specimen is YPM 12988, 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 (Pseudozygopleura) funis by Hoare and Sturgeon (1981); it was recombined as Pseudozygopleura funis by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Pseudozygopleura (Pyrgozyga) funis Knight
1981Pseudozygopleura (Pseudozygopleura) funis Hoare and Sturgeon p. 582 figs. pl. 1 f. 10-11; table 1
2023Pseudozygopleura funis Wagner p. 5449

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

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.

Pseudozygopleura funis Knight 1930
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Diagnosis
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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: base of the Desmoinesian to the top of the Moscovian or 312.80000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Missouri) Pseudozgyopleura funis (type locality: 69773)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Ohio) Pseudozygopleura funis (64906 64945 71963 72004 79325 93081 183207)