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Hornyzyga

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4606007https://www.gbif.org/species/4606007
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)58002https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=58002
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Palaeozygopleuridae : Hornyzyga
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Palaeozygopleuridae : Hornyzyga
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthogastropodaPonder and Lindberg 1997
orderMurchisoniinaCox and Knight 1960
superfamilyLoxonematoidea
familyPalaeozygopleuridaeHorný 1955
genusHornyzygaCook 1995
Scientific NameHornyzyga Cook, 1995
Name Published InMem Queensl Mus 38 (2), 1 December
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Hornyzygagenusbelongs to Palaeozygopleuridaestated without evidenceCook, 1995
Hornyzygagenusbelongs to Palaeozygopleuridaestated with evidenceWagner, 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance408 - 393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance408 - 393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Loxonematoidea)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Loxonematoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. G. Cook. 1995. Gastropods from the Ukalunda Beds and Douglas Creek, Early Devonian, north Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 38(2):429-435

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Hornyzyga camilleriae
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Loxonema altacostatum
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1995Hornyzyga Cook
2017Hornyzyga Wagner

References

Cook A. G. (1995) Gastropods from the Ukalunda Beds and Douglas Creek, Early Devonian, north Queensland, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 38 2, 429-435
Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Mem Queensl Mus 38 (2), 1 December - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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!
 
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