Biology:Itaborahia
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Short description: Extinct genus of gastropods
| Itaborahia | |
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| Two views of a fossil shell of Itaborahia lamegoi | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Genus: | †Itaborahia Maury, 1935[2]
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| Type species | |
| †Itaborahia lamegoi Maury, 1935[2]
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| 1 extinct species | |
Itaborahia is a fossil genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Bulimulidae. The genus is known only from the Brazilian Paleocene deposits of the Itaboraí Basin, in the state of Rio de Janeiro.[1]
Species
The only species currently in this genus is Itaborahia lamegoi Maury, 1935, although some other species were previously included within this genus.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Maury, Carlotta Joaquina (1935). "New genera and new species of fossil terrestrial Mollusca from Brazil". American Museum Novitates (764): 1–15.
Wikidata ☰ Q16983726 entry
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