Euthema myanmarica

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Euthema myanmarica
Temporal range: Albian
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
Superfamily: Cyclophoroidea
Family: Diplommatinidae
Genus: Euthema
Species:
E. myanmarica
Binomial name
Euthema myanmarica
Balashov, 2021[1]

Euthema myanmarica is a fossil species of minute land snails in the family Diplommatinidae, described from the Cretaceous Hkamti amber (Myanmar).[1][2]

Description[]

Shell almost cylindrical, comprising 6 moderately convex whorls, ribbed, with weak constriction. Aperture oval. Umbilicus wide. Periumbilical keel strong. Height of shell 2 mm, width of shell 0.9 mm.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Balashov, Igor (March 2021). "The first records of mollusks from mid-Cretaceous Hkamti amber (Myanmar), with the description of a land snail, Euthema myanmarica n. sp. (Caenogastropoda, Cyclophoroidea, Diplommatinidae)". Journal of Paleontology: 1–10. doi:10.1017/jpa.2021.26.
  2. ^ ZooBank - Euthema myanmarica


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