Austrodiscus lopesi

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Austrodiscus lopesi
Temporal range: Paleocene [1]
Scientific classification
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clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
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A. lopesi
Binomial name
Austrodiscus lopesi
Fereira & Coelho, 1989

Austrodiscus lopesi is a fossil species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Charopidae, from the Paleocene deposits of the Itaboraí Basin in Brazil. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 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 .