Balticopta
Balticopta is a fossil genus of minute air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Gastrocoptidae from Eocene Baltic amber.[1] It includes one species, B. gusakovi.
| Balticopta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Superorder: | Eupulmonata |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Gastrocoptidae |
| Genus: | †Balticopta Balashov & Perkovsky, 2020 |
| Species: | †B. gusakovi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Balticopta gusakovi Balashov & Perkovsky, 2020 | |
References
- Balashov I.A. & Perkovsky E.E. 2020. An Eocene land snail Balticopta gusakovi gen.n., sp.n. (Stylommatophora: Gastrocoptidae) from Baltic amber // Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.17. No.1: 18–24.
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