Biology:Cecilioides sommeri
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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod
Cecilioides sommeri | |
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A fossil shell of Cecilioides sommeri | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Suborder: | Achatinina |
Superfamily: | Achatinoidea |
Family: | Ferussaciidae |
Genus: | Cecilioides |
Species: | C. sommeri
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Binomial name | |
Cecilioides sommeri (Ferreira & Coelho, 1971)
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Synonyms | |
Carychium sommeri |
Cecilioides sommeri is a fossil species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ferussaciidae, from the Paleocene deposits of the Itaboraí Basin, in Brazil .[1] This is the oldest known species in the family.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q16858567 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilioides sommeri.
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