Temesa (gastropod)
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| A fossil shell of Temesa magalhaesi | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
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| Genus: | Temesa H. & A. Adams, 1855
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Temesa is a genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails. The fossil record of this genus ranges tentatively from the Brazilian Paleocene of the Itaboraí Basin, in Rio de Janeiro State, where the species T. magalhaesi is found.[1]
Species
[edit]The genus includes the following species:
- T. magalhaesi (Trindade, 1953) - fossil from Brazil
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
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