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Zygopleuridae ✝
| Description | †Zygopleuridae is an extinct family of fossil sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Caenogastropoda. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygopleuridae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source Data |
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Zygopleuridae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Zygopleuridae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Zygopleuridae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Wenz W. (1938-1944). Gastropoda. Teil 1: Allgemeiner Teil und Prosobranchia. xii + 1639 pp. In: Schindewolf, O.H. (Ed.) Handbuch der Paläozoologie, Band 6. Bornträger, Berlin. Lief. 1, 1-240 [March 1938]; 3, 241-480 [October 1938]; 4, 481-720 [July 1939]; 6, 721-960 [August 1940]; 7, 961-1200 [October 1941]; 8, 1201-1506 [October 1943]; 9, 1507-1639, i-xii [November 1944]. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 76 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 339 - 326 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 59.2 - 47.8 Ma Paleogene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Loxonematoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Loxonematoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. F. Ponder and A. Warén. 1988. Appendix: classification of the Caenogastropoda and Heterostropha - a list of the family-group names and higher taxa. Malacological Review Suppl. 4:288-326 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygopleuridae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Allostrophiinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 260 Ma Permian | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Ampezzopleurinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 29 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Andangulariinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 12 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Zygopleurinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 288 | 339 Ma Carboniferous | 59.2 Ma Paleocene | |
| Allocosmia ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Allostrophia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 260 Ma Permian | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Ampezzopleura ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 27 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Andangularia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 212 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Aristerostrophia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | 242 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Azyga ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Goniospira ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 14 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Hypsipleura ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Levipleura ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 52 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Raha ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 206 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Striazyga ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | |
| Teutonica ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 165 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Virgella ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Xizangospira ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Zardinistylus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Zygopleura ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 161 | 339 Ma Carboniferous | 59.2 Ma Paleocene |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1938 | Zygopleuridae Wenz |
| 1960 | Zygopleuridae Knight et al. p. 315 |
| 1975 | Zygopleuridae Golikov and Starobogatov p. 214 |
| 1988 | Zygopleuridae Ponder and Warén p. 292 |
| 2005 | Zygopleuridae Bouchet et al. p. 247 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
