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Dimorphoptychia

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Dimorphoptychia
Temporal range: Eocene[1]
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Dimorphoptychia

Dimorphoptychia is an extinct genus of land snails with an operculum, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Helicinidae.[3]

Dimorphoptychia is the type genus of the subfamily Dimorphoptychiinae, which is likewise fully extinct today.[3]

Species

Species within the genus Dimorphoptychia include:

  • Dimorphoptychia? changzhouensis Yu, 1977 [1]

References

  1. ^ Solem A. (1983). "Lost or kept internal whorls: ordinal differences in land snails". Journal of Molluscan Studies 49(supp12A) 172-178. abstract.
  2. ^ Sandberger (1871). Land- u. Süssw.-Conch. Vorwelt, 149.
  3. ^ a b Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.