Physa mezzalirai
| Physa mezzalirai Temporal range: Turonian–Santonian[1] | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Planorboidea |
| Family: | Physidae |
| Subfamily: | Physinae |
| Tribe: | Physini |
| Genus: | Physa |
| Species: | †P. mezzalirai |
| Binomial name | |
| Physa mezzalirai Ghilardi, Carbonaro & Simone, 2011[1] | |
Physa mezzalirai is a fossil species of extinct air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Physidae. This species has a small and left-handed (or sinistral) shell, as is always the case in this family. Physa mezzalirai dates from the Turonian to Santonian-aged Adamantina Formation (Upper Cretaceous Bauru Group), in São Paulo state, Brazil.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Ghilardi,RP; Carbonaro, FA; & Simone, LRL. 2011. Physa mezzalirai, a new cretaceous basommatophoran from Adamantina formation, Brazil. Strombus 18(1-2): 1-14. http://www.conchasbrasil.org.br/strombus/online.asp
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