Temesa magalhaesi
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Temesa magalhaesi Temporal range:
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A fossil shell of Temesa magalhaesi | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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Species: | †T. magalhaesi
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Temesa magalhaesi (Trindade, 1953)
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Temesa magalhaesi is a fossil species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails. The species is found in the Paleocene deposits of the Itaboraí Basin, in Brazil. This is the oldest{how old?} record of the subfamily, although the species is only tentatively placed in the genus.[1]
References
- ^ a b 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 (São Paulo). doi:10.1590/S0031-10492013000200001.