Itaborahia
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Itaborahia Temporal range:
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Two views of a fossil shell of Itaborahia lamegoi | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
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Genus: | †Itaborahia |
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†Itaborahia lamegoi Maury, 1935[2]
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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
- ^ a b c d Salvador, R.B. & Simone, L.R.L. 2013. Taxonomic revision of the fossil pulmonate mollusks of Itaboraí Basin (Paleocene), Brazil. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 53(2): 5-46. (http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0031-10492013000200001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en)
- ^ a b Maury, C.J. 1935. New genera and new species of fossil terrestrial Mollusca from Brazil. American Museum Novitates 764: 1–15. PDF.