Biology:Plagiodontes dentatus

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Plagiodontes dentatus
Temporal range: Paleocene–Recent[1]
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P. dentatus
Binomial name
Plagiodontes dentatus
(Wood, 1828)
Synonyms

Cyclodontina dentata

Plagiodontes dentatus is a recent species of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Orthalicidae, subfamily Odontostominae. It occurs in Entre Ríos Province, Argentina.[2]

Fossil record

Plagiodontes dentatus has a fossil record extending back to the Brazilian Paleocene, with a supposed specimen belonging to this species found in the limestones of Itaboraí Basin.[1][3] It has also been recorded from the Miocene of Uruguay and Miocene and Pleistocene of Argentina.[4][5][2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Salvador, Rodrigo Brincalepe; de Simone, Luiz Ricardo Lopes (1 June 2012). "New fossil pulmonate snails from the Paleocene of Itaboraí Basin, Brazil (Pulmonata: Cerionidae, Strophocheilidae, Orthalicidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology 141 (1): 43–50. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/043-050. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Morton, Lourdes Susana; Herbst, Rafael (1993) (in Spanish). Gastropodos del Cretacico (formacion Mercedes) del Uruguay. 30. pp. 445–452. https://ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/article/view/2181. 
  3. Salvador, Rodrigo Brincalepe; Simone, Luiz Ricardo Lopes de (2013). "Taxonomic revision of the fossil pulmonate mollusks of Itaboraí Basin (Paleocene), Brazil". Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. doi:10.1590/S0031-10492013000200001. 
  4. Caorsi, Juan H; Goni, Juan (1958). Geología uruguaya. Imprenta Nacional. OCLC 975269768. [page needed]
  5. Parodiz, Juan J (1969). The Tertiary non-marine mollusca of South America. Carnegie Museum. OCLC 930522687. [page needed]

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