Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae

Alternative combination: Loxonema brevis

Full reference: F. M'Coy. 1844. A synopsis of the characters of the Carboniferous limestone fossils of Ireland. 1-207

Belongs to Zygopleura according to J. D. Longstaff 1933

See also M'Coy 1844

Sister taxa: Zygopleura (Allostrophia), Zygopleura (Xizangospira), Zygopleura angulata, Zygopleura arctecostata, Zygopleura benoisti, Zygopleura cylindrica, Zygopleura dubia, Zygopleura dubia, Zygopleura elongata, Zygopleura etalensis, Zygopleura geniculata, Zygopleura goldbergi, Zygopleura granietzensis, Zygopleura haasi, Zygopleura hybrida, Zygopleura nitida, Zygopleura numidis, Zygopleura porulosa, Zygopleura roessleri, Zygopleura simplex, Zygopleura spiralina, Zygopleura swalloviana, Zygopleura tenuis, Zygopleura tunisiensis, Zygopleura verrucosa, Zygopleura walmstedti, Zygopleura yunnanensis

Subtaxa: Zygopleura brevis grossicostata

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Zygopleura brevis in the database

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