Hydrocena praecursor Yu and Neubauer 2021 (snail)

Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Hydrocenidae

Full reference: T. T. Yu and T. A. Neubauer. 2021. The oldest fossil Hydrocenidae found in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Gastropoda: Cycloneritida). Cretaceous Research 122(104765)

Belongs to Hydrocena according to T. T. Yu and T. A. Neubauer 2021

Sister taxa: Hydrocena (Hydrocena), Hydrocena trolli

Type specimen: NIGP173721, a shell. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection)

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