Biology:Dimorphoptychia

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Short description: Extinct genus of gastropods


Dimorphoptychia
Temporal range: Eocene[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
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Class:
(unranked):
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Subfamily:
† Dimorphoptychiinae
Genus:
Dimorphoptychia

Sandberger, 1871[2]

Dimorphoptychia is an extinct genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Helicinidae.[3]

Dimorphoptychia is the type genus of the subfamily Dimorphoptychiinae, which is likewise fully extinct today.[3]

Species

Species within the genus Dimorphoptychia include:

  • Dimorphoptychia? changzhouensis Yu, 1977 [1]

References

  1. Solem A. (1983). "Lost or kept internal whorls: ordinal differences in land snails". Journal of Molluscan Studies 49(supp12A) 172-178. abstract.
  2. Sandberger (1871). Land- u. Süssw.-Conch. Vorwelt, 149.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel; Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5277760 entry