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Palaeozygopleura devonicans

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Zygopleura devonicans was named by Perner (1903) [Barrande in Perner 1903]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Area between the villages of Měňany and Koněprusy, which is in a Pragian marine horizon in the Praha Formation of the Czech Republic.

It was recombined as Palaeozygopleura (Palaeozygopleura) devonicans by Horný (1955), Peel (1977) and Frýda (1993); it was recombined as Palaeozygopleura devonicans by Fryda et al. (2013) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Zygopleura devonicans Perner figs. pl. 60 f. 16-17
1907Zygopleura devonicans Perner p. 351
1955Palaeozygopleura (Palaeozygopleura) devonicans Horný pp. 115 - 117 figs. pl. 1 f. 1-2
1977Palaeozygopleura (Palaeozygopleura) devonicans Peel p. 39
1993Palaeozygopleura (Palaeozygopleura) devonicans Frýda p. 825
2013Palaeozygopleura devonicans Fryda et al. p. 479
2023Palaeozygopleura devonicans Wagner p. 1916

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

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: 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: Pragian or 410.80000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic (Bohemia) Zygopleura devonicans (type locality: 104794)