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Zygites ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4606831	https://www.gbif.org/species/4606831
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	9402	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=9402

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Zygitidae : Zygites

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Zygitidae : Zygites

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Orthogastropoda	Ponder and Lindberg 1997
superorder	Vetigastropoda	Salvini-Plawen 1980
order	Pleurotomariida	Cox and Knight 1960
superfamily	Pleurotomarioidea
family	Zygitidae	Cox 1960
genus	Zygites	Kittl 1891

Scientific Name

Zygites Kittl, 1891

Name Published In

Ann. Naturh. Hofmus. Wien, 6

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Zygites	genus	belongs to Zygitidae	stated with evidence	Cox, 1960
Zygites	genus	belongs to Archaeogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Zygites	genus	belongs to Zygitidae	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

247 - 242 Ma
Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

235 - 232 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic

Motility

actively mobile (based on Pleurotomarioidea)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

grazer (based on Pleurotomarioidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. Kittl. 1891. Die Gastropoden der Schichten von St. Cassian der südalpinen Trias. I. Theil. Annalen des Kaiserlich-Königlichen Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums 6:166-262

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Pleurotomaria delphinula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Zygites delphinula ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Zygites elegans ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Zygites laevigatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Zygites qingyanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Zygites rotundinodosus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1891	Zygites Kittl p. 200
1960	Zygites Cox p. 217
2002	Zygites Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Zygites Bouchet et al. p. 187
2009	Zygites Bandel p. 7

References

Kittl E. Die Gastropoden der Schichten von St. Cassian der südalpinen Trias. I. Theil, Annalen des Kaiserlich-Königlichen Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums 6, 166-262

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368

Bandel K. (2009) The slit bearing nacreous Archaeogastropoda of the Triassic tropical reefs in the St. Cassian Formation with evaluation of the taxonomic value of the selenizone, Berliner Paläobiologische Abhandlungen 10, 5-47

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

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Ann. Naturh. Hofmus. Wien, 6 - 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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