Burminella Balashov et al. 2021 (snail)

Gastropoda - Architaenioglossa - Pupinidae

Full reference: I. A. Balashov, E. E. Perkovsky, and D. V. Vasilenko. 2021. A mid-Cretaceous land snail Burminella artiukhini gen. et sp. nov. from Burmese amber: a “missing link” between Pupinidae and other Cyclophoroidea? (Caenogastropoda). Cretaceous Research 127(104941)

Parent taxon: Pupinidae according to I. A. Balashov et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Coptocheilus, Cretadiostoma, Cretatortulosa, Liareinae, Macropupina, Pupinellinae, Pupininae, Schistoloma

Subtaxa: Burminella artiukhini

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Type: Burminella artiukhini

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (SIZK collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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