Bulimulus frenguellii Cabrera et al. 2021 (slug)

Gastropoda - Stylommatophora - Bulimulidae

Full reference: R. Cabrera, A. S. H. Breure, W. Norbis and S. Martínez. 2021. Description of a new Late Cretaceous species of Bulimulus Leach, 1814 (Orthalicoidea: Bulimulidae) using geometric morphometric analysis. Journal of Molluscan Studies 87(eyab006)

Belongs to Bulimulus according to R. Cabrera et al. 2021

Sister taxon: Bulimulus klappenbachi

Type specimen: FCDPI 8259, a shell. Its type locality is P12, Quebracho, Paysandú Department, which is in a Maastrichtian pond limestone in the Queguay Formation of Uruguay.

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at P12, Quebracho, Paysandú Department

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