Pebasiconcha immanis
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Genus: | † Pebasiconcha Wesselingh & Gittenberger, 1999[2]
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| Species: | P. immanis
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| Pebasiconcha immanis Wesselingh & Gittenberger, 1999[2]
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Amazoniconcha immanis | |
Pebasiconcha immanis is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Acavidae.
Distribution
The type locality of Pebasiconcha immanis is the Miocene Pebas Formation in the Colombian and Peruvian Amazonia.[1]
Description
The height of the shell is more than 25 cm (more than 250 mm).[1] They were the largest known species of land snail.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Wesselingh F. P. (2006). "Molluscs from the Miocene Pebas Formation of Peruvian and Colombian Amazonia". Scripta Geologica 133: 19-290. Figure 274. abstract, PDF
- ^ a b Wesselingh F. P. & Gittenberger E. (1999). "The giant Amazonian snail (Pulmonata: Acavidae) beats them all". Veliger 42(1): 67-71.
- ^ (in Dutch) "Amazoniconcha immanis". accessed 13 September.
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