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Dimorphoptychia

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Extinct genus of gastropods

Dimorphoptychia
Temporal range: Eocene PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily: Helicinoidea
Family: Helicinidae
Subfamily: Dimorphoptychiinae
Genus: Dimorphoptychia
Sandberger, 1871

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

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

Species

Species within the genus Dimorphoptychia include:

  • Dimorphoptychia? changzhouensis Yu, 1977
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (March 2011)

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. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Dimorphoptychia


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