Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Full reference: F. Cabrera and S. Martínez. 2018. A new species of Biomphalaria Preston, 1910 (Gastropoda, Planorbidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Uruguay. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 21:272-275
Belongs to Biomphalaria according to F. Cabrera and S. Martínez 2018
Sister taxa: Biomphalaria choanomphala, Biomphalaria reversa, Biomphalaria sudanica, Biomphalaria walteri
Type specimen: FCDP-I 8719, a shell. Its type locality is RN02, Algorta Town, which is in a Maastrichtian pond limestone in the Queguay Formation of Uruguay.
Ecology: epifaunal
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Uruguay (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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