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Plagiodontes dentatus

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Species of gastropod

Plagiodontes dentatus
Temporal range: Paleocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Odontostomidae
Genus: Plagiodontes
Species: P. dentatus
Binomial name
Plagiodontes dentatus
(Wood, 1828)
Synonyms

Cyclodontina dentata

Plagiodontes dentatus is a recent species of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Orthalicidae, subfamily Odontostominae. It occurs in Entre Ríos Province, Argentina.

Fossil record

Plagiodontes dentatus has a fossil record extending back to the Brazilian Paleocene, with a supposed specimen belonging to this species found in the limestones of Itaboraí Basin. It has also been recorded from the Miocene of Uruguay and Miocene and Pleistocene of Argentina.

References

  1. ^ Salvador, Rodrigo Brincalepe; de Simone, Luiz Ricardo Lopes (1 June 2012). "New fossil pulmonate snails from the Paleocene of Itaboraí Basin, Brazil (Pulmonata: Cerionidae, Strophocheilidae, Orthalicidae)". Archiv für Molluskenkunde: International Journal of Malacology. 141 (1): 43–50. doi:10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/043-050. S2CID 88222194.
  2. ^ Morton, Lourdes Susana; Herbst, Rafael (1993). "Gastropodos del Cretacico (formacion Mercedes) del Uruguay" [Upper Cretaceous Gastropods (Mercedes formation) from Uruguay] (in Spanish). 30 (4): 445–452. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. 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. doi:10.1590/S0031-10492013000200001.
  4. Caorsi, Juan H; Goni, Juan (1958). Geología uruguaya. Imprenta Nacional. OCLC 975269768.
  5. Parodiz, Juan J (1969). The Tertiary non-marine mollusca of South America. Carnegie Museum. OCLC 930522687.
Taxon identifiers
Plagiodontes dentatus


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