Chlorozyga, a new caenogastropod from the Early Carboniferous of Australia
- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology
- Vol. 26 (1) , 151-157
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03115510208619249
Abstract
Chlorozyga, a new genus of Australian Tournaisian (Early Carboniferous) caenogastropod, is proposed and assigned to the Imoglobidae. Chlorozyga has a larval shell like Imogloba from the Early Carboniferous of North America but differs in teleoconch morphology. As in Imogloba, the initial whorl of Chlorozyga is openly coiled, a feature unknown in Mesozoic and Recent caenogastropods. However, Chlorozyga and Imogloba belong to the Caenogastropoda, given their multi-whorled orthostrophic larval shells.Keywords
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