Temesa magalhaesi

Extinct species of gastropod

Temesa magalhaesi

Temporal range: Paleocene[1]

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A fossil shell of Temesa magalhaesi
Scientific classification
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Animalia

Phylum:  |

Mollusca

Class:  |

Gastropoda

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clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily:  |

Clausilioidea

Family:  |

Clausiliidae

Genus:  |

Temesa

Species:  |

†T. magalhaesi

Binomial name
Temesa magalhaesi

(Trindade, 1953)

Temesa magalhaesi is a fossil species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Clausiliidae, the door snails. The species is found in the Paleocene deposits of the Itaboraí Basin, in Brazil. This is the oldest{how old?} record of the subfamily, although the species is only tentatively placed in the genus.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b 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.

Taxon identifiers

Temesa magalhaesi|

* Wikidata: Q16992984
* CoL: 7BPFV
* GBIF: 9761367
* Open Tree of Life: 7967530
* WoRMS: 1115811

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