Cretatortulosa gignens Jochum et al. 2021 (snail)

Gastropoda - Architaenioglossa - Pupinidae

Full reference: A. Jochum, T. T. Yu, and T. A. Neubauer. 2021. Mother snail labors for posterity in bed of mid-Cretaceous amber. Gondwana Research 97:68-72

Belongs to Cretatortulosa according to A. Jochum et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Cretatortulosa cretakachinensis, Cretatortulosa multilinea

Type specimen: NIGP184182, 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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