Plagiodontes dentatus

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.[2]

Plagiodontes dentatus
Temporal range: Paleocene–Recent[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Orthalicoidea
Family:
Odontostomidae
Genus:
Plagiodontes
Species:
P. dentatus
Binomial name
Plagiodontes dentatus
(Wood, 1828)
Synonyms

Cyclodontina dentata

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.[1][3] It has also been recorded from the Miocene of Uruguay and Miocene and Pleistocene of Argentina.[4][5][2]

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 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 (São Paulo). 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.


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