Biology:Coptocheilus electrothauma
| Coptocheilus electrothauma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Superfamily: | Cyclophoroidea |
| Family: | Pupinidae |
| Genus: | Coptocheilus |
| Species: | †C. electrothauma
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| Binomial name | |
| †Coptocheilus electrothauma Asato & Hirano in Hirano et al., 2019
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Coptocheilus electrothauma is an extinct species of land snail that belonged to the subfamily Pupinellinae. It lived in Myanmar (Burmese amber) during the Middle Cretaceous period. The closest living relative to this species is likely Schistoloma sectilabrum due to its smooth, turriform/pipuniform shell.[1][2]
The species name is Greek with "electro" meaning amber and "thauma" meaning miracle. This is because the inclusion of this holotype specimen was extraordinarily well preserved and described to be exceptional.[1]
Description
Its shell was small to medium sized being around 9.6 mm high and 4.5 mm wide. The shell was turriform/pupiniform shaped and had a robust and rough shell surface. The shell has weak growth lines and 5-6 whorls with it being curved and inflated.[1][3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hirano, Takahiro; Asato, Kaito; Yamamoto, Shûhei; Takahashi, Yui; Chiba, Satoshi (2019-11-04). "Cretaceous amber fossils highlight the evolutionary history and morphological conservatism of land snails" (in en). Scientific Reports 9 (1): 15886. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-51840-3. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 6828811. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-51840-3.
- ↑ "Marine Species Traits - Coptocheilus electrothauma (Asato & T. Hirano, 2019) †". https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1440076.
- ↑ Li, Xiaosen; Xiao, Chuantao; Yu, Tingting (2026-01-15). "New data of Coptocheilus electrothauma (Gastropoda: Cyclophoroidea: Pupinidae) from Mid-Cretaceous Kachin Amber of northern Myanmar" (in English). Palaeontologia Electronica 29 (1): 1–11. doi:10.26879/1606. ISSN 1094-8074. https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2026/5745-kachin-amber-of-northern-myanmar.
Wikidata ☰ Q107024356 entry
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