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Eoptychia

Gastropoda - Pseudozygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Eoptychia was named by Longstaff (1933) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife C Mosc Sepkoski's reference number: 362,797]. It is not extant. Its type is Loxonema sulcatum.

It was assigned to Pseudozygopleurinae by HornĂ½ (1955); to Eoptychiidae by Golikov and Starobogatov (1987); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pseudozygopleuridae by Knight et al. (1960) and Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Eoptychia Longstaff
1955Eoptychia HornĂ½
1960Eoptychia Knight et al. p. 313
1987Eoptychia Golikov and Starobogatov p. 25
2002Eoptychia Sepkoski
2005Eoptychia Bouchet et al. pp. 25, 247

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

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.

G. †Eoptychia Longstaff 1933
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Eoptychia abbreviata de Koninck 1881
Eoptychia intermittens Hoare 1961
Eoptychia sulcata de Koninck 1881
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available